Ilona Maher reveals she had a scary experience at a nail salon

Oct 30, 2024

By Sanjana Mishra

Olympic rugby star Ilona Maher recounted a creepy moment she recently had at a nail salon, in a storytime video posted to TikTok.

The “Dancing with the Stars” competitor was getting a pedicure done. As it was near closing time, Maher and two female employees were the only ones left when a male customer entered and asked for a pedicure too.

While Maher’s pedicure was finished first, she had to stay and wait for the nail polish to dry. But as around thirty minutes passed by, the employees kept insisting that she wait.

After the man left, they told her they could close her out too and apologized for the delay.

“They said, ‘Sorry we kept you so long. We just wanted you to be here with us while he was there,’” Maher said. “I totally understood then why they did that. It’s a crazy world out there.”

Please be safe out there.

As she left the salon, the man asked if he could go home with her, to which she replied “No” and kept walking.

“It’s insane out there, and I want you to know, you can keep me for as long as you want. You can keep me for another hour,” the bronze medalist said. “It’s dangerous out there… Seriously, stay safe, ladies. Travel together. Do your thing.”

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