TV Host Reveals She Lost Hearing and Mobility After Her Drink Was Spiked at a Bar: ‘I Don’t Remember Getting Home’

British TV presenter Ranvir Singh discussed the scary experience on the U.K. daytime show ‘Good Morning Britain’ on Tuesday, July 1

Ranvir Singh. Credit :Good Morning Britain

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On the Tuesday, July 1 episode of Good Morning Britain, TV presenter Ranvir Singh revealed how she was once left unable to hear or walk after her drink was spiked in a bar
The 47-year-old said she was at a work event in the U.K. when the incident took place
“I remember feeling my legs go … I can’t even remember how I got home,” said Singh

Good Morning Britain host Ranvir Singh has revealed that she was once left unable to walk or hear after getting her drink spiked on a night out.

The TV host, 47, said the incident occurred while at a work event over a decade ago during a segment about the rise of drink-spiking in Britain on the U.K. show on Tuesday, July 1.

“It was about 7:30 p.m., in the evening and it was my first drink. I had gone to the bar and I was waiting, I think it might have been a work thing … but no one else had arrived,” Singh recalled of the scary incident.

“I had arrived early and I went to the bar and bought one glass of wine as you would do,” she continued. “I probably drank half of it, or maybe three quarters, and I thought I’m just going to nip to the [restroom] before everyone arrives.”
At that moment, Singh said “everything just started to swim.”

“I remember feeling my legs go and I went downstairs. And by the time I came upstairs, I sort of managed to get myself up, I couldn’t hear anything, my hearing had gone,” she recalled.

After eventually managing to make her way back up the stairs, Singh said she remembered “looking down the bar thinking, ‘I can’t go back down there’ and I just left,” adding, “I can’t even remember getting home.”

Drink spiking is when someone puts alcohol or drugs into another person’s drink without their permission, potentially leading to harmful effects. It is illegal in the U.K. and U.S., chargeable with a Class 4 felony which could lead to up to ten years in prison.

According to a poll carried out in December 2022, 10% of women and 5% of men in the U.K. reported that a drink of theirs had previously been spiked, with the majority of victims of all spiking offences being women at 74%, per Gov.uk.

Singh pictured in London in April.Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/Getty

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While appearing on Good Morning Britain, Singh said she didn’t report her spiking incident at the time. “Weirdly, this was probably about 12/13 years ago, so it didn’t occur to me to report it,” she said.

“But interestingly … my female producer [she] said that ‘it also happened to me.’ It’s amazing how common it is,” added Singh.