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.