Personal Life
She has three children and is married to producer Steve Sheen; they live in Penn, Buckinghamshire. On The Paul O'Grady Show in 2007 she told of how she suffers from severe stage fright and nerves and she usually refuses to appear on live TV shows. In 2009 she was diagnosed with osteoarthritis and underwent a hip replacement operation.In 2011 she went on a diet and slimmed down from 19 stone 6 pounds (123 kg) at Christmas 2010 to 13 stone 0 pounds (83 kg) in July 2011, and aimed to get her weight down to 11 stone 0 pounds (70 kg) after being told she was "severely obese" and her health was at risk.
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