Natalie Cassidy: Eating Issues, EastEnders & Life After Soap
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* Early Career & Tabloid Attention: Natalie Cassidy gained fame through her role in EastEnders and also experienced significant tabloid scrutiny, particularly regarding her relationship with Adam Cottrell.
* Fitness DVD & Weight Shaming: at 23, she released a fitness DVD (“Natalie Cassidy’s Then & Now workout”) and lost a substantial amount of weight (four stone in three months).this led to intense weight shaming when she regained the weight. She describes this as a “very bad decision” that triggered a long-term awareness of her weight.
* Disordered Eating: She admits to a period of disordered eating, including using laxatives, but clarifies it didn’t escalate into a full-blown eating disorder.However, the experience with the DVD continues to affect her mentally.
* Current Relationship with Food: She now has a healthy relationship with food, enjoying cooking and eating. She’s mindful of her weight and wants to be a good example for her daughters.
* Personal Life: She lives in Hertfordshire with her fiancé Marc humphreys (an EastEnders cameraman) and her two daughters: Eliza (15) and Joanie (9).
* Other Work: Besides eastenders, she’s appeared in shows like Psychoville, Motherland, strictly Come Dancing, Celebrity Big Brother, and won Cooking With The Stars.
* Impact of public Scrutiny: While she considers herself thick-skinned, the shame of regaining weight after the DVD was more impactful than the tabloid attacks themselves. She felt she had “failed” when people saw her weight change.
The quote “but you just get on with it, don’t you?” reflects a sense of resilience and acceptance of the challenges that come with being in the public eye.