EastEnders legend admits ‘it was really hard’ as they detail career regret
Actress Natalie Cassidy is best known for playing Sonia Fowler in the long-running BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Natalie Cassidy spoke about her career regret on Good Morning Britain(Image: ITV)
EastEnders icon Natalie Cassidy opened up on one project she regrets doing in her career.
The actress has been in the spotlight for decades, having joined the BBC soap when she was only 10 years old.
Known for playing Sonia Fowler, viewers have seen her come and go in the soap over the years, with her most recent exit being last year.
Since then, she’s featured in the BBC documentary series Natalie Cassidy: Caring Together, where she trains to become a qualified carer.
This isn’t the only project she’s worked on outside of her role on EastEnders, as she created a workout video in 2007 titled Then And Now.
The BBC actress made a workout video in 2007(Image: ITV SCREENSHOT)
However, speaking to Ed Balls and Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain about making the fitness video, she confessed it’s a big regret.
She told the two ITV presenters: “Huge mistake, I never thought about my weight before that time.
“I was very happy-go-lucky, didn’t get on a scale, didn’t do anything. I was offered that job, go and do it, earn loads of money and lose loads of weight.
Natalie Cassidy spoke about her career regret on Good Morning Britain(Image: ITV)
“I did that job, lost loads of weight and put it all back on again. It was really hard, which is why this campaign, what I’m doing at the moment, is really important to me.”
Natalie told the GMB stars she doesn’t believe people talk in an honest way about how they feel regarding weight, as Ed asked what somebody should’ve said to her when she was thinking about doing the DVD all those years ago.
She replied: “That it will change, you’ll start having food noise. I felt very alone after the DVD. I felt very alone. The job finished, and I was on my own. I wish I had someone to talk to, somewhere to go, wherever that would be.”
The EastEnder star confessed she felt ‘alone’ after the video was released (Image: ITV)
Susanna highlighted that people seem to be in a confused place at the moment regarding weight, as there was a body positivity movement shortly before weight loss drugs.
Natalie added: “The culture changes and shifts every 10 years; we have those ups and downs. But, I think what I’m saying is, it’s about being able to talk to somebody, be it a friend, family member, whoever, about how you’re feeling.
“How things are making you feel. It’s not just about getting on the scale and seeing a number and keeping that within you, feeling depressed all day and worrying about what you’re going to eat. We should have conversations about it.”
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