Frankie Bridge has opened up about a "terrifying" moment with police officers after they pulled her over in her car at night.
The former Saturdays singer, 32, said she "crumbled" in her car and rang her mum afterwards
Discussing Sarah Everard's tragic murder and calls for the fundamental reform of the police and criminal justice system following police officer Wayne Couzen's sentencing, the Loose Women panel spoke about the suggestion that women should call 999 if they were unsure about a plain clothed police officer arresting them.
Frankie said that the suggestion didn't make it feel better after her own experience, explaining that when you're in that situation you "don't question it".
Kaye Adams quizzed Frankie as she asked: "I mean, does it make you feel any better when you're in a situation with a police officer where you could call your senior and make sure they were credible? I mean..."
Frankie replied firmly: "No, because I've been in a situation before where I've been pulled over and it was two officers and because I wasn't aware that I'd done anything wrong.
"I was in a car and I was driving through London. And I thought originally, 'Well, I haven't done anything wrong, they must be trying to get past me.' So I went over to a new lane and they followed me - carried on driving. And then they put their lights on and I thought, 'Oh gosh, it must be something really bad'.
"I got out of the way again and then I thought, 'Oh, I'll turn down this road and - if it's me that they're after - they'll pull down behind me.' And they did. So I ended up down this dark tiny little alley on my own and these two officers got out and they say I've been driving erratically, apparently and breathalysed me, and I hadn't been drinking or anything.
"And then they said, oh it's because my numberplate was too dirty and I said, 'Oh, I'm sorry, I'll get it cleaned straight away.' And he said, 'No, I want you to clean it now.' I was like, 'Ok, erm, I'll try and find something in the car.' All I could find was a scarf that I had and he went, 'Yep, use that.'
"So I was standing there wiping down my number plate and I kind of acted really calm. It was dark at night, I was a lot younger, and then they left and I just literally crumbled in my car and I was terrified. I remember ringing my mum afterwards."
She added: "OK, maybe I had done something wrong - I don't know. But when you're in that situation like Kaye said, you don't question things, you don't go, 'Hang on a second, let me call your manager, let me call someone.'"
*Loose Women airs weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV
