A housemate from the most recent series of Big Brother has been assaulted outside a nightclub.

Grace Adams-Short, 21, was attacked outside the club in central London early on Monday.

The Daily Star said she was punched to the ground, kicked in the head and had her arms burned with a cigarette.

She needed eight stitches in her forehead, the newspaper said.

A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said: "Officers were called to reports of an assault outside a nightclub in Charing Cross Road at approximately 3.45am on Monday.

"The victim, a woman in her 20s, was taken by London Ambulance Service to a central London hospital, where she was treated for her injuries and later discharged. The incident will be investigated by officers from CID at West End Central.

The newspaper said Ms Adams-Short had been trying to calm a row between a friend and a man outside the club.

The man took a swing at her friend, but missed and hit her. When she hit the ground, he kicked her and burned her with his cigarette, it said.

Although the dance teacher from London was disliked by some viewers of the Channel 4 show for her alleged bitchiness, she told the paper the assault had nothing to do with her status as a well-known person from reality TV.

She was quoted as saying: "The guy just lashed out because I tried to stop him hurting my friend. He was an animal. I hope he is found and punished.

''The man took a swing at her friend, but missed and hit her''

That actually happens in real life?