Katie Piper suffered life-long injuries after an acid attack in 2008. Since then she has raised awareness about facial disfigurements.
TV Presenter Katie Piper was attacked with acid back in 2008 (Picture: Stuart C. Wilson/PA Wire) Katie Piper has revealed how she was verbally abused by prisoners as she filmed her new TV series. The 41-year-old presenter and activist suffered life-long injuries after an acid attack back in 2008. Since then the Loose Women star has tirelessly fought to raise awareness about facial disfigurements and tell her story. However, during filming in a New Orleans women's prison for her series Locked Up In Louisiana on U&W, she suffered vile abuse from prisoners. Speaking to Radio Times, she said: 'I go in with lived experience – as a woman, a mother, a daughter, a victim of crime. Some of my story is worn on my face. 'That was an advantage and meant the women probably trusted me, but some of them shouted stuff like, "Hey lady, are you addicted to Botox?" or "Slow down on the plastic surgery." They didn't know what had happened to me.' Katie pictured during the filming of Locked Up In Louisiana (Picture: UKTV) Some of the prisoners hurled abuse at Katie during the filming of her latest show (Picture: UKTV) Katie recently shared on social media that she had a prosthetic eye shell fitted (Picture: Katie Piper/Instagram) She added: 'We're all one bad day away from being locked up. You don't know what's going to happen to you in life and who's going to harm you – and how you're going to react when somebody harms you.' Towards the end of last year, Katie was showered in support from her co-stars on ITV's Loose Women after a vile troll's cruel comment over her appearance. The presenter took to Instagram to share her response to a horrific comment that had been left on one of her posts. It had begun…