LAURA Woods has revealed she was making just £30 a job when she first started working for talkSPORT.
Now, the 36-year-old, who is a pundit for this year’s Euros, has become one of the most popular sports presenters in the country.
Sports presenter, Laura Woods, has revealed what it’s really like to be a female sports journalistCredit: Instagram
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The 36-year-old is dating Love Island’s Adam CollardCredit: Instagram
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The Arsenal fan recently suffered a facial injuryCredit: Instagram @laurawoodsy
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A pundit for this year’s Euros, Laura said she finds it ‘frustrating’ when she gets stick from Arsenal fans onlineCredit: Rex
The TNT Sports and ITV star, who’s often the face of the Champions League coverage, has spoken about what it’s really like to be a female sports broadcaster.
She told reality stars Pete Wicks and Sam Thompson she started out as a runner for Sky Sports before joining talkSPORT.
In a recent episode of their Staying Relevant podcast, the journalist said: “When I got the job on talkSPORT, I was literally doing these half an hour sections, reviewing the newspapers, for £30. It was five or six years ago. I asked ‘do you mean £300?’.
“But I didn’t care, I would’ve done it for free, I was so happy to be there.”
The star, who recently suffered a horror facial injury while on holiday with boyfriend Adam Collard, said her love of sports started at a very young age.
She added: “I was always sporty, I’ve got brothers and that.
“My mum was our rugby coach. She’d take us to the rugby club, it was amazing.”
But Laura, who left the talkSPORT Breakfast Show earlier this year, said being a woman in sports broadcasting isn’t always easy.
“Because I’m an Arsenal fan, everything I say about Arsenal is clipped up and put on social media.
“I don’t really feel that qualified, I’m not a pundit.
“All of a sudden your words have all this weight, there’s such a big responsibility,” Laura shared.
Not only this, but when it comes to social media, dealing with trolls comes with its own challenges.
The dedicated Arsenal fan, who previously claimed that Twitter can be a “really nasty place”, admitted: “The amount of stick I got from Arsenal fans – one of them said ‘you’re not a real supporter’.
“It’s so frustrating.
“There’s some really weird people on social media.
“Someone said ‘get back in the kitchen’ – the most boring one.”
Not only will haters criticise Laura’s love of Arsenal and hurl sexist remarks, they also come out with very random criticisms about her appearance.
The blonde beauty shared: “Every time I have no shoes on in a photo – the amount of people that say I’ve got boat feet.”
Clapping back at the keyboard warriors, Laura snapped: “They’re a size 7 which is the UK average for a woman by the way.”
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Laura’s stalking hell
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IT’S previously been reported that Laura Woods suffered two years of stalking hell.
The presenter was said to have been left in “real fear” after an obsessed stalker sent her vile messages and threatened to kidnap her dog.
Harneet Kaur, 25, targeted her online and sent unwanted packages to her home.
Female Liverpool FC fan Kaur became infatuated with Laura back in 2021 and began visiting the street she lived on, a court heard.
The sick campaign involved terrifying threats to kill Laura’s dog and vile messages where she referred to the pundit as a prostitute.
Bibles, sexual health tests and food orders were also arranged to be delivered to Laura’s London pad.
Kaur used Just Eat to arrange for Krispy Kreme doughnuts to be delivered to the address.
Judge Talog Davies said Laura was initially “pleasantly surprised and thought it was a mistake or somebody being nice”, so posted a picture on her Twitter account saying they had “made her evening”.
The contact then started turning “darker” when Laura was bombarded with messages.
One said she was a “former prostitute who slept herself into a job”.
Kaur was arrested in April 2022 and re-arrested in August.
Her phone and iPad were seized both times, but that “didn’t stop her”.
In October, she posted a picture of Laura commentating at Anfield with the caption: “Wtf is that coke head doing at Anfield.”
Kaur also sent messages saying Laura was a ‘Tory’ and wasn’t welcome in Liverpool ahead of a match she was due to attend.
While Kaur’s barrister claimed her offending was down to autistic traits of “obsession and compulsion”, judge Talog Davies rubbished the arguments and jailed her for 14 months.