Being so close to the action also posed other occupational hazards.
“Trabzonspor versus Aston Villa, I was suddenly knocked out because of the supporters throwing rocks,” said Haroun.
Rocks were not the only danger, it was footballing legends taking shots on goal, too.
“Wayne Rooney, [while] practising, knocked me out one day,” she added.
“Denis Irwin, he shot at goal, but he knocked me out and I think it was Bryan Robson who turned round and said: ‘If you’re going to kill a photographer, Denis, make sure it’s not the chairman’s cousin!’
Sometimes, though, the players were helpful when trying to get the perfect shot.
Before one European match involving Arsenal, Haroun had a word with Gunners legend Ian Wright and told him to celebrate in front of her if he scored.
Wright did score, but started running in the opposite direction.
To Haroun’s relief, the striker realised his mistake.
“You could see him going the other way, then stopping and looking round and then coming back, [shouting] ‘yeah!’ with his arms outstretched, so much so that so I had to have a wide-angle lens on,” she said. “Perfect picture!”
OLIVIA Attwood has revealed she was cruelly shamed for the cosmetic procedures she has undergone by a presenter.
The former Love Island star, 34, described it as “one of the worst experiences” she has ever had.
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Olivia Attwood has revealed she was cruelly shamed over her cosmetic surgeries by a female presenterCredit: youtube/@thisisoliviashouseOlivia has been open about the various procedures she has had doneCredit: GettyShe even fronted an ITV documentary about surgery, dubbed The Price Of PerfectionCredit: Refer to source
Olivia has been open about her aesthetic preferences; often talking to her fans about which surgical enhancements she has undergone and even making a documentary about cosmetic surgery.
But the star says that she was put in an uncomfortable position during an interview, where the presenter told her she looked older due to having procedures.
Talking on her new podcast, Olivia’s House, the star said: “I had an experience with a female host and one of the worst experiences that I’ve probably had in an interview because I felt like she didn’t want me there…
“I was meant to be promoting the documentary and everything I’d learned about the industry and she very much wanted to make it about me and what I looked like.”
Olivia continued: “She said in her second question, she said, ‘So you, what have you had done?’ And I was a bit like, whoa… I’m talking about the cosmetic industry as a whole.”
“She goes, ‘I don’t know what you were trying to achieve, but you look a lot older ‘cause of what you’ve done to yourself’.”
“It was really one of the worst experiences that I’ve probably had in an interview because I felt like… I felt like she didn’t want me there.”
“When I left that studio… I remember for 20 minutes I just sat in silence and I was like, ‘What? What just actually happened?’.”
While Olivia hasn’t named the presenter, she added that the situation felt “wrong”.
“It just felt just very like tonally wrong for a show that is meant to be about a safe space for women and uplifting women… it was just a really horrible experience and it stayed with me for a little while,” the star concluded.
At the time, Olivia didn’t acknowledge what was going on between them, but was pictured letting loose during a trip to Ibiza, where she cosied up to pal Pete Wicks.
Addressing the situation on her new show, the star admitted that she and Bradley have had a tough year – with issues from both sides.
And teasing that there is more to come, she told fans that Bradley would tell his side of the story “in his own words” when he comes onto the podcast.
Olivia didn’t name the presenter who shamed her, but said it made her feel “uncomfortable”Credit: youtube/@thisisoliviashouseTalking on her podcast, Olivia also detailed her relationship with Bradley DackCredit: Getty