KATIE Price was so nervous in Panto that she forgot her lines and made stuff up – after being criticised by trolls for her performances as the Wicked Fairy in Sleeping Beauty.
The star is playing Carabosse, who is also known as Maleficient in the Disney movies, at the M&S Arena in Liverpool – and confessed she has made some mistakes.
Katie, 45, admitted she struggled with her first “extreme” stage role and is exhausted.
She said: “I am broken, knackered. If I have to read another script line…
“My head is ready to explode. For the past six days I’ve had to learn a full script, dance songs for panto that I don’t know or I’ve never even heard of.”
She added: “On top of that my nerves. The stress I’ve put on myself this week is ridiculous. I have ballsed my lines up and had to make some stuff up, so hopefully nobody noticed it.”
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Katie, who was spotted after one show with her on/off fiance Carl and her youngest kids Jett and Bunny, is staying in a Liverpool flat during her run of shows.
She said: “Do you know what I’m doing Christmas Day? I am exhausted and I finish panto at six o’clock Christmas Eve.
“There’s no way I’m coming with the kids, all their presents, for a five-hour drive back home, to have Christmas Day to get up here for two o’clock for Boxing Day.
“I’m not having that stress. So Christmas Day I’m not cooking, I’m going to get a takeaway curry.”
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Katie explained her stage debut wasn’t smooth sailing after one fan called the performance a “disgrace” – because she’s more used to performing in front of the cameras than for hundreds of people live.
And she was afraid of letting people down.
Katie admitted: “Before I get on stage my mind’s going blank – it’s because I’ve been so tired.
“I need reassuring – this is new to me. I’m alright going on telly, podcasting, talking about myself, but when you’ve got to learn a script and you’ve got people who have paid for tickets you’ve got to be good.”
She also said the stress meant her bid to give up vaping lasted only one day.
“I gave up vaping for one day and I’m back on it,” she said.
“I’ve got all the kids here in a two-bedroom apartment.
Katie will get Christmas Day off but will be back on stage from Boxing Day to December 30.
She added on her podcast: “I can’t wait for New Year’s Eve and I’m doing nothing.
“I probably won’t even be awake at midnight, I’ll be asleep. I’ve got Harvey coming up in a few days, so I’ve got to deal with Harvey here.
“It’s the stress, I’ve got him, the other two kids that don’t stop arguing, and then Princess is coming up, and then they all argue.
“I’m going to do nothing on Christmas Day, I’m not even going to clear the mess up. I’m going to have me time. I’m not going to cook. I’m just going to have a curry.”
Despite some negative reviews, a band of Katie’s loyal fans rushed to sing her praises.
“Maybe the nasties could have a day off, its nearly Christmas ffs..” one wrote.
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“Oh wow! You were fab,we loved it. Totally confident and funny as! We even gave u a shout out at the end of the first opening night telling u we loved you!” a second wrote.
“Go one girl smashing it looking amazing looking the part xxxx” echoed a third, while a fourth said: “An icon!”
