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    Maisie Smith flashes her bum in thong bikini as she poses by the pool

    MAISIE Smith has flashed her bum as she posed by the pool while on holiday.The former EastEnders actress took to social media to show off her stunning figure to fans.
    Maisie Smith has flashed her bum as she posed by the pool while on holidayCredit: Instagram
    The former EastEnders actress took to social media to show off her stunning figure to fansCredit: Instagram
    Maisie, 22, could be seen at the edge of a swimming pool as she turned to face the camera.
    The red headed beauty wowed in a black strapless thong bikini as she flashed her bum.
    While Maisie stopped short of revealing where exactly in the world she’s visiting, she described the location as “somewhere sunny”.
    Posting the snaps, she captioned the post: “Christmas was great & everything but I’m ready for summer now.”
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    Her followers were left hot under the collar as they flooded her with compliments.
    One said: “Looking beautiful and breathtaking All rolled into one Maisie.”
    A second wrote: “Wow you look absolutely gorgeous and look absolutely stunning.”
    “Wow you’re absolutely stunning and cute,” said a third.
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    While a fourth commented: “Beautiful pictures of you maisie smith thank you for sharing.”
    Meanwhile, Maisie and Max George have given a glimpse inside their newly refurbished flat.
    The pair, who started dating in 2022, decided to give their pad a makeover.
    She took to social media to show off the finished result as fans were left impressed by the couple’s work. More

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    EastEnders legend Melissa Suffield reveals ‘panic’ and ‘anxiety’ after husband leaves family home for three months

    EASTENDERS legend Melissa Suffield has revealed the ‘panic’ and ‘anxiety’ she’s suffering after her husband left their home for three months.Melissa, 31, is married to cruise director Robert Brendan, so it’s no surprise he spends lots of time away from his family.
    Melissa Suffield’s husband has left their home for three monthsCredit: Instagram
    The pair share three-year-old River together, meaning the actress is forced to solo parent him regularly.
    Taking to Instagram yesterday, she opened up about her upset after waving goodbye to her partner for three months.
    Melissa posted a selfie with her other half, writing in her caption, “Solo parent mode re-activated.
    “We said yet another emotional goodbye to Robert this morning for the next 3 months as he heads down to Antarctica and South America. River hanging in there well. Me, not so much.
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    “In flood the feelings of uncertainty in my ability to solo parent, the panic about how I’m going to do 100% of the things 100% of the the time, and the anxiety about what will happen if I burn out.
    “Probably not aided by the fact that I’m still suffering with whatever nasty bug I picked up in mid December. It’s been rough and I’m feeling far from my best.
    “This 5 week break has been lovely and we’ve managed to do lots of things that we can cherish and remember in these times when we’re apart, but it doesn’t make it any easier. Counting down the days until he’s home again in April.”
    Melissa played Lucy Beale on the BBC soap during the character’s rebellious teenage years, making on-screen dad Ian Beale’s life hell by drinking, smoking, becoming pregnant and even going missing.
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    But she was left in 2010 amid rumours bosses weren’t impressed with her off-screen behaviour and attitude outside work after she was spotted in a London nightclub while underage.
    These days, Melissa is focused on being a body-positive parenting influencer.
    The pair share three-year-old River togetherCredit: Instagram
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    Ian Pepperell dead: Actor who played Roy Tucker in The Archers & starred on EastEnders dies aged 53 after long illness

    ACTOR Ian Pepperell has tragically died after a long illness – aged just 53. The star was best known for playing Roy Tucker in BBC’s The Archers, but also appeared on EastEnders.
    Actor Ian Pepperell has tragically died, the BBC announcedCredit: Shelia Burnett
    Actress Lucy Davis pictured with Ian in The ArchersCredit: Alamy
    Ian had a long battle with illnessCredit: PA
    The Beeb today confirmed “the perfect Archers actor” died yesterday.
    Ian played Tucker in the show and was known as a “family man” with a steady career.
    Jeremy Howe, editor of The Archers, said: “Ian was the perfect Archers actor – he loved being part of an ensemble, relished the camaraderie and gossip of the Green Room, and had a seemingly effortlessly fine-tuned vocal technique.
    “Like all the very best radio actors he could think on his feet and change the way he played a scene in the blink of an eye.
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    “Thanks to Ian’s brilliance, he created in Roy a character who managed to face in two directions simultaneously in almost every scene he played.
    “He captured Roy as both genial and anxious, funny and sad, easy-going and permanently stressed – a man who could hold down with ease a top job, yet who always carried with him Hamlet’s sense of failure.
    “It all made perfect sense because of Ian’s uncanny and laser-guided ability to find humour in the emotional scenes, and find pathos in the comedy that he always played so unerringly well.”
    The editor said Ian had “a lot more gas in the tank and was desperate to return”, but sadly he never did.
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    Jeremy continued: “It is tragic that he died in his prime, we will miss him dearly and our hearts go out to his family and friends and everyone who knew him.
    “Ambridge loved Roy – The Archers and our millions of listeners loved Ian’s Roy Tucker.”
    The star was born in 1970 in Oxford, Oxfordshire.
    He took on many roles over the years – appearing in EastEnders in 1985, Beck in 1996 and Get Real in 1998.
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    EastEnders star looks unrecognisable after quitting soap and launching US career

    EASTENDERS legend Rob Kazinsky looks very different years on from when he was on the soap.The soap actor first made his debut on the serial drama 17 years ago in August 2006.
    Rob Kazinsky wearing glasses https://www.instagram.com/therobkazinsky/?hl=enCredit: Instagram
    He originally played the character of Sean Slater from 2006 until 2009Credit: BBC
    Rob, 40, now sports a very different look from his days on EastEnders as he now shows off a shaven look to his sideburns.
    His locks have thinned slightly on the top of his head and he now wears circular glasses with thin silver rims.
    Sean was also known to be mostly clean shaven with slight stubble on his chin, cheeks and neck.
    The facial hair has now grown significantly as he can now be seen with a full beard and coverage over the moustache area.
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    He recently showed off his now look on social media as he celebrated the middle aged lifestyle on Instagram.
    Alongside a selfie he wrote: “I have to wear glasses now. Wanna fight about it? #ThisIs40.”
    Rob first made his debut as Sean Slater – brother of Stacey played by Lacey Turner – in 2006.
    He first stayed on EastEnders as part of the full-time cast until 2009 when he departed the show.
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    He has since made brief sporadic appearances in 2019, November 2021 and April 2022 relating to the other members of the slater family.
    It seems that he has remained active in the acting scene as he recently teased fans about a ‘great job’ where he had to lose weight.
    He has expanded his repertoire to include films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where he starred as The Don in Captain Marvel in 2019.
    Rob also played the part of Perini in the Netflix film The Gray Man, alongside Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and Regé-Jean Page.
    Rob went on to to reveal he was forced to get in shape for his next job, as he said: “I have a great job coming up if the strikes come to an end and I’ve decided to get into superhero shape, without drugs, without PEDs, without help, just a 40 year old fat b*****d making do with what I have still going for me.”
    He shared a series of pictures as he revealed his weight of 220lbs (15.7 stone) to his fans.
    The actor told his fans: “You’re gonna be seeing a fair bit more activity over the next few months, and it’s the kind of activity and vanity I steadfastly avoid. Fitness S**t.
    “I’m going to try and avoid self defeating embarrassment and general autistic self destruction as much as possible and not die of shame.”
    Rob recently opened up on social media how he was trying to get in shape for a ‘great job’Credit: instagram
    The actor has since made brief appearances in the soap in 2019, 2021 and 2022Credit: BBC
    Rob has since expanded into Hollywood where he has had parts in films alomngside Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Brie Larson and Samuel L. JacksonCredit: Rex Features More

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    ‘Annabel is GONE’ rant furious Strictly fans as they spot ‘clue’ ahead of Saturday’s semi-final

    STRICTLY Come Dancing fans have issued predictions for Saturday night’s semi final, and it isn’t looking good for Annabel Croft. The former tennis star has some stiff competition against EastEnders star Bobby Brazier, West End Superstar Layton Williams and Coronation Street’s Ellie Leach.
    Strictly Come Dancing fans are worried about former tennis star Annabel CroftCredit: BBC
    She will take to the floor with both the Salsa and the Viennese Waltz for the semi-finalCredit: PA
    This week each couple will take to the BBC dancefloor multiple times as they show off their skills in two seperate dancers.
    Annabel, 57, and her partner Johannes Radebe, 36, will first dance the Salsa to Gloria Estefan’s hit song, ‘You’ll Be Mine (Party Time)’, their latin number.
    She will then flaunt how far she has come with her ballroom skills with a Viennese Waltz to ‘Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want’ by Amelia Warner.
    After her choices were revealed, Strictly Come Dancing fans took to social media in their droves as they are worried for the star.
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    Some of her followers are worried in particular that her Viennese Waltz will not live up to the show-stopping elements of some of her competitors.
    One fan wrote on X – formerly known as Twitter: “Praying for Annabel, I might need to create burners to vote for her on Saturday.”
    A second user stated: “Sadly, Annabelle is doomed.”
    “Annabel… she’ll be great at the VW. tho I feel like since her couple’s choice, all her ballroom has been samey. I’m worried for her with the salsa,” wrote a third fan.
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    A fourth proclaimed: “Ellie and Annabel has been screwed over!”
    And a fifth user said: “Annabel’s going to have a rough time with the Salsa, I predict.”
    The fan added: “And the Viennese Waltz will have to be killer to compete against some of the probable showstoppers other couples have.”
    Ellie Leach, 22, and her partner Vito Coppola will take to the floor with a Cha-cha-cha, and then they will show off their Couple’s Choice to a Dua Lipa medley.
    Layton Williams, 29, will take to the floor with a fast-paced Charleston, and will then slow down the pace with Rumba.
    Finally, Bobby Brazier, 20, will attempt to impress the judges with his Quickstep, followed by a strong Paso doble.
    Annabel has made it to the semi-finals of Strictly Come DancingCredit: PA
    Layton Williams will try to impress with a Charleston and a RumbaCredit: PA
    Current front-runner Ellie Leach will be competing for a space in the highly-anticipates Strictly finalCredit: PA More

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    Fred Sirieix sent brutal warning about ‘slime ball’ I’m A Celeb camp mate as fans slam ‘backstabbing’ co-star

    FRED Sirieix has been sent a brutal warning about one of his I’m A Celebrity campmates. Fans of the long-running ITV endurance show have slammed his ‘backstabbing’ co-stars.
    Fans have blasted Danielle Harold after her comments in the Bush TelegraphCredit: ITV
    Viewers warned the First Dates star about the actions of the EastEnders actressCredit: ITV
    On Tuesday night’s edition (05th December) of I’m A Celebrity, TV presenter Josie Gibson was chatting to former EastEnders actress Danielle Harold by the creek.
    The This Morning star seemed to mock Fred as she did an impression of him berating her by the campfire as she attempted to cook meals for camp.
    In a French accent she said: “Cry cry. I’m not the camp chef. Cry cry. I must do the pots.”
    Josie added: “God I’ve turned really immature now. I think he’s been hanging around with Gordon Ramsay too much though.”
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    Danielle was seen laughing throughout the conversation and in tonight’s episode viewers took issue with her proclaimed motto.
    After helping to make a bed for Nigel Farage in the camp bus, she declared in the Bush Telegraph: “My motto is always treat others how you wish to be treated.”
    But it seems fans have taken issue with her antics as on Instagram, one viewer left a comment on a post on the show’s official social media page.
    They wrote: “Wow… if only you knew how much of a slimeball she is behind your back Fred.”
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    However, other viewers issued more warnings online as they took to X – formerly known as Twitter – in their droves.
    One fan fumed: “That’s rich Danielle seen as you’ve been a two faced b**** the whole time you’ve been in the jungle, treat as you want to be treated my a***.”
    “Did Danielle just say I treat ppl like I like to be treated? Oh the irony.”, exclaimed another.
    A third viewer fumed: “Josie and Danielle are rapidly losing my support too… Can’t stand the b******** and backstabbing! Just because you’re doing it about a man doesn’t make it any better!!!”
    Whilst a fourth fan raged: “I really am getting fed up with Josie backstabbing @fredsirieix1 and it’s really childish and pulling Danielle into her scheming.”
    “Fred shouldn’t have gone; selective editing…danielle is two faced,” noted a fifth.
    And a sixth added: “I hope Josie & Danielle get the opportunity to see the clip of them mocking Fred because I think they’ll feel embarrassed that they’ve shown a side some of us might have been surprised to see.”
    She helped to make up a bed for Nigel FarageCredit: ITV
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    Maisie Smith kisses boyfriend Max George as they look loved up on trip to spa hotel

    MAISIE Smith enjoyed a sweet kiss with boyfriend Max George as the pair headed on a snug winter staycation.The former EastEnders actress, 22, puckered up with The Wanted frontman, 35, as the cuddled up in the grounds of a lavish Champneys Spa hotel.
    Maisie Smith enjoyed a sweet kiss with boyfriend Max George as they headed on a winter spa staycationCredit: Instagram
    The former soap star, 22, looked stylish as she strode through the snowCredit: Instagram
    The pair recently told how they are ‘homeless’ while Max’s pad is being renovatedCredit: Instagram
    Maisie wrapped up for their snowy walk in a nude trench coat, black boots and vibrant green scarf.
    She let her auburn locks flow over her shoulders as she strode through the snow for one Instagram snap.
    She then cosied up with Heart Vacancy hitmaker Max, who donned a cream wool hat and grey puffer jacket
    The pair leaned in for a smooch in a second image posted to her Stories, with the words: “Champneys in the show.”
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    Maisie and Max got together last summer after a two-year friendship, which began on the 2020 series of Strictly Come Dancing, turned to romance.
    The lovebirds previously revealed how they were “homeless” while their pad undergoes a huge revamp.
    They moved into popstar Max’s Manchester home back in March.
    She admitted to OK! Magazine: “We haven’t got a kitchen and the sofa is thick with dust, so we’re literally at his mum’s house.
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    “That’s why we go on holiday so much, because we haven’t got a kitchen at home.
    “We’re like, ‘We’ll go to Dubai’ just so we can have something to eat.”
    With the DIY work potentially still ongoing, the spa break may have been the dream ticket.
    Meanwhile, Maisie recently went topless as she soaked up the sunshine on her seventh break of the year.
    This year the couple have so far been on a cruise around Norway while also visiting Turkey, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Morocco and New York.
    The lovebirds have enjoyed seven overseas breaks this yearCredit: Instagram
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    Soap star sex secrets from I’m a Celeb babe’s ‘self-love’ to X-rated drawers & romp in lift at Blackpool Pleasure Beach

    THEY’RE known for their roles on the UK’s biggest soaps – but these stars have revealed they’re far from squeaky clean in the bedroom.Many have made saucy confessions about their sex lives while appearing on reality TV shows like I’m A Celebrity.
    Helen Flanagan has previously shed light on her love life, including her most recent ‘one-night stand’Credit: instagram
    Danielle might be the next soap star to let something slip about her sex lifeCredit: 2022 Dave J Hogan
    With Hollyoaks legends Nick Pickard and former EastEnders Danielle Harold currently, in the Australian Bush, fans could be about to hear more explicit tales as they get comfortable with their campmates.
    Here we reveal some of the most eyebrow-raising sex confessions uttered by soap royalty over the years.
    Jorgie Porter
    Jorgie isn’t shy when it comes to flaunting her incredible figureCredit: Instagram
    Jorgie is best known for her role as cheating seductress Theresa McQueen on Hollyoaks.
    And the actress, 35, is just as sex-positive as her on-screen character, having made some cheeky bedroom confessions during her stint on I’m A Celeb in 2015.
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    Some of her admissions were so saucy that producers had to cut them out of the main show.
    They did appear, however, on its spin-off Get Me Out of Here…Now!, with Jorgie opening up about the different types of “self-love” she enjoys before exclaiming: “I’m going to regret this.”
    When quizzed about her sex preferences by camp mates Kieron Dyer and Spandau Ballet’s Tony Hadley, she also revealed she enjoys “slow” sex and likes to wear thongs to “separate my bum cheeks”.
    Prior to heading into the jungle, the actress used a rather X-rated excuse to avoid admitting she was training for Dancing on Ice before the show launched, joking to pals that she had been “taking it up the bum all week”.
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    Charlie Brooks
    Since leaving Soapland, Charlie has focused her attention on making sex toysCredit: instagram
    EastEnders’ Charlie, 41, has come and gone from Albert Square over the years – and used one of her breaks from the soap to design her own sex toy.
    The Janine Butcher actress created a vibrator called The U which retails for £100 at Ann Summers.
    Announcing the launch, she said: “I was fed up of not feeling comfortable in my body. Realised I didn’t know enough about it, so I went on a journey of the body and mind.
    “It’s a powerful one, and I’d love U to go on one too. I’m no life coach or expert on ANYTHING, and I do NOT always get it right.

    “But I can share my experience. And maybe you’ll be inspired too. This is my baby… I’m so happy I can finally introduce you guys. I want you to meet U. I think you might like each other…”
    Earlier this year Charlie also signed up to a dating site that endorses “kinky sex, shared partners and threesomes” in a bid to find Mr Right.
    Stephanie Davis
    Stephanie found she struggled to enjoy sex after welcoming her sonCredit: Splash
    Corrie babe Stephanie, 30, is used to stripping off on camera for raunchy scenes as vamp Courtney Vance and Hollyoaks’ Sinead O’Connor.
    But in her personal life, she struggled with body confidence due to her “flat breasts”.
    She told OK! magazine: “They were so saggy… I think every mum can relate to that… I couldn’t wear nice tops in summer because I didn’t want to show how flat-chested I was.”
    Stephanie opted to undergo surgery to boost her chest, going from an A cup to a DD.
    Despite initially being pleased with the results, claiming they made her feel “so womanly” and “sexier”, Stephanie announced earlier this year she is planning to get the implants removed because they are too big.
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    Adam revealed he may not be able to ‘cope’ before heading his jungle stintCredit: adam thomas/social
    Ex-Emmerdale and Strictly star Adam, 35, admitted his main worry when he did I’m A Celeb wasn’t the creepy crawlies or lack of food, but not being able to have sex.
    “I don’t know [how I’ll cope] because I’ve not gone longer than, well… no more than a few days,” he explained before flying out to the show.
    “I think I will struggle, but hopefully I will be alright – I won’t be too ratty.”
    The actor was also told by then fiancée Caroline Daly to steer clear of any bad boy behaviour.
    “She said, ‘Don’t mug me off.’ I think she means ‘Don’t flirt with the girls,’ I would have done it in the banter way – but I’m not allowed to banter, apparently,” he revealed.
    “I’m just going to swerve the ladies. You’ll just find me with the lads.”
    Helen Flanagan
    Helen owns a collection of kinky toys and often dons sexy costumes from none other than Ann SummersCredit: Instagram / @hjgflanagan
    Coronation Street siren Helen was on our screens for over a decade but it’s her antics off-camera that left fans shocked.
    The mum-of-three previously revealed she has a large collection of lingerie and sex toys, including nipple tassels and a diamond-studded whip.
    She told The Sun’s TV Mag in 2014: “I have pretty much bought every set of underwear Agent Provocateur has ever made and most of it is in [ex Scott Sinclair’s] house.
    “I’ve got loads of stuff from nipple tassels to this amazing diamond studded whip from Agent Provocateur.
    “But it was getting so embarrassing when Scott’s mum was helping me clear out stuff and all you could see was underwear and this whip. I was getting really flustered, saying, ‘Honestly, I bought it for a shoot’.
    “And I did! But I kept it because I love it. Scott’s mum is lovely and she knows what I’m like so she just laughed.”
    The actress is no stranger to stripping down to her undies for a photo shoot and has been sharing racy snaps on social media since her split from footballer Scott.
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    Gemma hasn’t shied away from talking about her sex life over the yearsCredit: Rex Features
    Ex-Hollyoaks and Emmerdale star Gemma, 39, is happily settled with Strictly Come Dancing pro-Gorka Marquez, but before their romance, she had some wild times.
    Former boyfriend Carl Benninon claimed he and the actress had romped in lots of bizarre places, including Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
    He told The People in 2007: “We pressed the button to stop the lift between floors and were in there for about 20 minutes having a lot of fun. It was mind-blowing.
    “Eventually, we heard some angry voices calling for the lift so we had to stop.
    “But as soon as we got into the flat we went straight out to the balcony again. We ended up making love until eight in the morning.”
    Despite her hedonistic past, Gemma recently opened up about having a low libido after welcoming her second child.
    She said: “[Gorka] was away for three weeks up until last weekend, and I’d had my six-week check by then, and she’d ok’ed me to kind of be intimate again with him again and stuff.
    “Part of me was thinking ‘Oh my God, I can’t be arsed, I’m so tired, I just want to have a bath’. But the other half was thinking, ‘It’s been so long’, because the last few months of pregnancy I was like, ‘Do not come near me’.”
    Beverley Callard
    Beverly shocked viewers over her X-rated confessions during I’m A CelebCredit: Getty
    Coronation Street legend Beverley kept households entertained for decades with her portrayal of unlucky-in-love Liz McDonald.
    And fans were left gobsmacked when the 66-year-old claimed her husband was wild in bed while on ITV’s I’m A Celeb.
    “Jon’s very handsome, he’s a mega shag,” she told her shocked campmates.
    “He is a mega shag and he dances for me in the kitchen every morning and makes me laugh my socks off.”
    Bev and John McEwan have been happily married for over a decade.
    While the star admitted to being mortified at her proclamation, she has since come to see the funny side and now regularly jokes about it.
    Talking about John in less racy terms, Bev said: “He’s my soulmate and my best friend. He’s completely and utterly the love of my life.”
    Denise Welch
    Denise has no problem sharing details of her sex life on Loose WomenCredit: denise_welch/Instagram
    Serial soap actress Denise is as candid as her characters in real life.
    The Loose Women panellist, 65, spared no blushes when she announced to the world that she was a “sexaholic”.
    “I like sex. What’s the problem with being a sexaholic? I just like sh*gging.”
    Denise went on to joke that she would have made a move on her former co-star Bill Roache when they were younger.
    Her comments came after he said he had bedded more than 1,000 women.
    When asked about his impressive number of partners, the actress confessed: “I did not know Bill back then. If I did I would have made mincemeat out of him.”
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    In 2021, she claimed that she liked to regularly have sex “little and often or big and often” with her husband Lincoln, who is 15 years younger.
    Through giggles, she added: “I am not bothered about chandeliers swinging or whatever, just nice and regular as long as I don’t have to move around too much!” More