Rebecca Loos has revealed she hid behind a cabinet while working at Harrods head office because boss Mohamed Al Fayed was visiting.
The former AP, who in 2004 claimed to have had an affair with David Beckham, which he denied, While working as his personal assistant, she worked as an archivist for the luxury store for a year when she was 19 years old.
Rebecca, 48, revealed she was warned not to turn up when Chief Al Fayed visited her because “he likes young, pretty girls”.
Talking about the Anything goes with James English On the podcast, Rebecca said: ‘I didn’t work in the store, I worked in the offices. I was an archivist, it was very nice, I had good colleagues, I think I was there for a year.
‘It was interesting, one day we were told that Al Fayed was going to visit the offices and I thought that sounds exciting.
“My colleague told me: “Don’t let him see you Rebecca, hide, he likes young and pretty girls, he has an apartment nearby where he takes them, you don’t want to get involved, make sure I don’t see you.”
“She was an older lady, we used to have lunch together every day and she just told me, ‘Make sure she doesn’t see you, hide behind the filing cabinets when she comes’ and I hid.
“So I hid, I never saw him, I never met him, and that’s why I believe all the stories that appear in the media today, I just can’t believe it took this long for it to come to light.”
Al Fayed, who died aged 94 in 2023, was hit by a flood of rape and assault allegations after at least two former Harrods workers said in a BBC documentary that they had been raped or sexually abused. by the Egyptian magnate.
Rebecca Loos revealed she was forced to hide behind a cabinet at Harrods when Mohamed Al Fayed came to visit because he “likes young, pretty girls” on the Anything Goes With James English podcast.
Meanwhile, last year the Metropolitan Police revealed it is investigating 40 new allegations against Al Fayed and others since the BBC documentary.
The 40 new allegations relate to 40 alleged victims and are in addition to allegations that police were aware of before the investigation and the BBC documentary, Scotland Yard said.
Prior to the recent media coverage, 21 allegations were made against the late billionaire, resulting in crimes being recorded involving 21 different women between 2005 and 2023.
Rebecca, who is now a yoga teacher and lives with her family in Norway.Theorized that Al Fayed could have been paying people to keep the claims secret while he was alive.
And he added: “Money buys silence… he has money and he could silence people.”
Elsewhere, Rebecca opened up about her time on The X Factor: Battle of the Stars in May 2006, where she received a negative response from judge Sharon Osbourne.
She said: “I knew she was a friend of the Beckhams and that she wouldn’t be particularly nice or kind to me, but I didn’t expect her to be as cruel as she was.”
‘That was shocking. Live on television, in front of the entire nation on a charity show. It was crazy.’
Al Fayed, who died aged 94 in 2023, was hit by a flood of rape and assault allegations after at least two former Harrods workers said in a BBC documentary that they had been raped or sexually abused. by the Egyptian magnate.
Sharon left X Factor viewers stunned when she gave Rebecca some brutal advice after her alleged affair with David.
She sang a rendition of Robert Palmer’s Addicted to Love alongside James Hewitt, who had a year-long affair with Princess Diana while she was married to Prince Charles.
After the performance, Sharon told the couple: ‘Good song choice for you two. A very appropriate song for both of them to sing.’
She continued: ‘It’s amazing, because you both have a lot in common and it shows on stage. You do.’
Sharon proceeded to tell former army officer James that he “should be shot” for his actions.
Then he turned to Rebecca and said, ‘Ma’am, you know what? If you can finish tonight, you should try to do tomorrow’s performance with your panties on. Because it will help you warm up your voice a little more.’
Rebecca responded, “Sharon, I wasn’t expecting to get a really nice comment from you because you’ve completely rejected me this whole show, but that’s okay.”
Sharon joked: “You have a very bad vibe coming from you.”
Prior to the recent media coverage, 21 accusations were made against the late billionaire Al Fayed, resulting in crimes being recorded involving 21 different women between 2005 and 2023.
Rebecca spoke candidly with host of the podcast Anything Goes With James English
Judge Louis Walsh stepped in and said: “Sharon wasn’t that bad, she carried the whole performance.”
Sharon baffled viewers when she ended her comments by praising Rebecca’s boob job, saying: “You’ve got really nice boobs though, you’ve got a really good boob job.”
Rebecca now lives in the desert, away from the spotlight, after meeting her husband, a Norwegian doctor, on the reality show 71 Degrees North.
She now lives in Norway and spends her time practicing yoga, running, cycling, hiking, and foraging with her children.
Throughout her career, Ms Loos appeared on several UK television shows including Celebrity Love Island, Extreme Celebrity Detox, Temptation Island and The X Factor: Battle of the Stars.