EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy, finest recognized for enjoying Sonia Fowler within the BBC cleaning soap, has confessed the one profession transfer she made that was solely for a bit of money
Natalie Cassidy has confessed the one factor she did simply to pocket some earnings.
The EastEnders legend is finest recognized for enjoying Sonia Fowler, however some followers could not know that she as soon as made a health DVD launched again in 2007.
The actress made a Then and Now exercise DVD, claiming she shed 2.5 stone by means of the on-screen workouts. She adopted this up with a ‘good ten’ version in 2013.
Nonetheless, whereas reflecting on the choice Natalie informed Radio Occasions: “The DVD wasn’t a very good transfer for me, I did it for the cash. I am now 42, and to be trustworthy, I could possibly be doing a bit extra train in the mean time, however I simply can’t be bothered.”
“I feel: ‘If that is the dimensions I am meant to be, then I must be pleased with that.’ I do not overeat. I take pleasure in my meals. I like a glass of wine.”
“I like a packet of crisps, however you possibly can’t do it daily. I feel every little thing sparsely. If I’m going the opposite manner and wish to lose plenty of weight, my days aren’t pretty much as good.”
Natalie at the moment seems on ITV sequence Cooking With The Stars and hosts her personal podcast programme, studies the Mirror. She just lately departed EastEnders after portraying Sonia Fowler since 1993.
Regardless of her prolonged tenure within the position, she admits it wasn’t a troublesome alternative to depart: “It was a very pure choice to make. Generally whenever you’re in one thing, you assume that is all there’s, so after I had a break from EastEnders final yr, I did The Masked Singer and a doc for Channel 4 [What’s the Big Deal: Britain’s Best Buys?]”
“Except you are free, you may by no means know what’s on the market. So I believed I might wish to say goodbye to Sonia and see what else is happening.”
Natalie’s autobiography, Blissful Days, is about for launch in October and guarantees to “take her readers on a journey by means of the highs and lows and the altering seasons of life”. She’s additionally on the hunt for extra tv roles.
She revealed: “I might love for a gritty or humorous position to return up, however after being Sonia for such a very long time, I am actually having fun with being myself.”
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