Judi Love, a panellist on Loose Women and comedian, aged 46, has revealed that she was once accused of witchcraft after taking drastic action to prove her home was infested with flies and maggots. The incident occurred before she became famous, while she was living in social housing with her children.
Horror Movie Infestation
Appearing on The Romesh Ranganathan podcast, Love described the ordeal: 'There were loads of flies, it was like a horror movie. There were maggots on the floor.' She repeatedly contacted her housing provider, but was told she simply needed to clean the house. Convinced there must be a dead body due to the overwhelming smell and number of insects, Love continued reporting the problem, but workers only sprayed pesticide.
Taking Matters Into Her Own Hands
Frustrated, Love decided to take action. She said: 'I got mad right. I covered my head with a headscarf and a bally, put on gloves, collected all the flies and maggots and said to the kids, "Come on!"' She then marched into the housing office carrying containers filled with dead insects. 'I burst in and said, "Do you believe me now?" The woman thought I was doing witchcraft. They ran into the back, called security and escorted me out.'
Investigation Reveals Dead Bird
Her dramatic protest finally prompted officials to investigate properly. Love revealed: 'They started to look who lived there before and they started to worry "is it actually their dead body?" That's how bad it was. Then they had to dig up all the floorboards, it was insane, they couldn't find anything. They had covered all the chimneys so they took that down and what they found was a dead bird. It was a massive bird.'
Banned From the Estate
Despite being proven right about the infestation, Love said she was 'banned' from the estate for years as a result of her actions. The Loose Women star recently appeared on the show Last One Laughing.
