Television star feels ‘exploited’ over privacy injunction

Thomas, 28, said she has been “thrown to the lions” because, unlike the soccer star, she did not have the money to pay for her name to be kept private.

She told ITV’s This Morning that she had no intention of ever selling a story about the fling.

She said: “I didn’t want my name to be out there in the public domain like this. I’ve been exploited and I just feel, just really angry.

“I’m taking responsibility for my actions, I know what I done was wrong. I suffered a lot and it’s just been a really, really difficult time for me.”

Fighting back tears, she said: “I had a phone call from the other party’s lawyers and I was just totally baffled because there was no way on earth I wanted this to come out, ever.

“I honestly didn’t understand anything about it. I got sent an email and I had to read it through.

“I just burst into tears because it all happened so quick.

“I was so shocked by what was happening really and I had to deal with it, and one thing it said was if I ever, ever spoke then I’d be sent to jail.”

On Tuesday, BBC presenter Andrew Marr admitted that he had obtained a super-injunction, but that he was now “embarrassed” about it.

The former political editor obtained the High Court order in January 2008 to silence the press following his affair with a national newspaper reporter.