Genevieve Chenneour chose fight over flight.
Months after a thief attempted to steal the Bridgerton star’s phone at a shop in London and she promptly fought them off, she shared insight into the experience, claiming the footage of the event—which sees her forcibly retrieve her phone from the thief—surprised even her.
“When I first saw it, I was shocked because I didn’t even remember my reaction and I thought it was way longer than it was,” Genevieve shared during a June 12 appearance on the UK’s This Morning show. “That moment before anything happened, I thought it was about 20 seconds but it was milliseconds.”
In the security footage shared during her appearance on the morning show, Genevieve—who plays Clara Livingston in the Netflix series—is seen wearing sweats sitting on a stool at a counter with her phone sitting on a surface next to her. Meanwhile, the thief, who is dressed in all black with their hood up, attempts to slyly reach around her and swipe her phone.
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