I was grabbed by the throat and pinned against the wall in one of my scariest moments on TV, reveals Supernanny Jo Frost
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IF you grew up watching Supernanny, you know it's not a good idea to mess about with her. But Jo Frost has revealed that she was once attacked by a parent while filming the iconic Channel 4 show. Speaking on the Parenting Tools Podcast, Jo explained to hosts Jason Heron and Jordan Piano that she had been attacked while filming an episode filmed in Florida in 2007 for the US version of the show.
![[Jo Frost went to Florida to help the Natti family]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/nitti-family-eighth-episode-season-959228574.png?strip=all&w=960)
17 years on and now aged 54, Jo recalled the events of meeting the Nitti family in West Melbourne, Florida, where she met Lisa, 28, her four sons, Darren, 10, Matthew, eight, Devin, six and Jared, five, as well as her boyfriend of two years, John, 44.
![[But the Supernanny was left scared when stepdad John lunged for her]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/c956e033-7a96-42e0-bcc0-a28f19e49a87.jpg?strip=all&w=696)
Her four boys were constantly up to mischief and getting in trouble for their unruly behaviour - leading the mum and John to dub it 'the crazy house.'. The episode, which was the eighth in the third season, proved difficult for Jo, and not because of the rowdy children.
![[It was something she saw him do to the children too]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/nitti-family-eighth-episode-season-959228590.png?strip=all&w=960)
But by the 'intimidation and aggression' from their stepfather, John. "I helped a family called the Nitti family in Florida and there was a gentleman, a man, who was living with his girlfriend at the time and they had four children," she recalled. "During my observation, the man was very aggressive. He was a complex man for sure. But he was very intimidating and had the care of these four young boys.
"He was in this blended family, right? His girlfriend had four children and he came into the relationship with four boys. "And you could see with the boys that a lot of the behaviour was mimic behaviour from the intimidation and the aggressiveness from John.
