The TV star was told she had HIV, that she was like “cancer” and had racist comments hurled at her after she befriended the One Direction singer. She said she has been left “really shaken up” by the flood of “vulgar” insults, adding: “Young people have committed suicide as a direct result of being trolled on social media – I am shocked to see what people write and say.”
Taking a stand, the married mum of two told followers: “I have printed off every single tweet from 1D fans who used abusive, insulting language and sent it to police. I’ll name and shame.”
But her tweets only promoted another stream of abuse.
The trolling started after Saira, 45, met Harry, 21, while filming a segment for Martin Lewis’s ITV Money Show.
Afterwards, she tweeted him: “Hey @Harry_Styles thanks for saying hi today – it made my day. You are a sweetheart xx Whilst I’m at it will you come and speak to us on @loosewomen soon?? Please? If you don’t ask you don’t get.”
But Saira, runner-up on the first series of The Apprentice, became the target of fans who thought she was after a date with the One Direction singer.
Saira called the fans who trolled her “cockroaches” for plaguing her and described them as “nasty, vile” kids.
Today, the Loose Women host tweeted: "Thank you to all the kind words of support. I really appreciate it. I am totally fine - I wanted to expose the shocking harassment."
Harry, who has nearly 27 million Twitter followers, has kept noticeably silent.