EastEnders' Melissa Suffield has revealed that she receives backlash from women on Instagram when she dances around in lingerie.The former soap star who played Lucy Beale from 2004 until 2010 has opened up about what it's like to bare all on social media - revealing exclusively to Daily Star the backlash she receives.Making a drastic career U-turn from soap opera actress to full time mummy-of-one and body confidence influencer, Melissa now goes by the Instagram name 'The Confident Mama' and posts an array of positive snaps and videos. READ NEXT: EastEnders' Melissa Suffield snubs OnlyFans as she 'won't charge' for lingerie picsShe can often be found online dancing around in lingerie and proudly displaying her curves, but this doesn't always best please her followers.Melissa told us that one message she gets a lot is: "You could just do your message without dancing around in your underwear."She told us: "That's what I get from women.
A lot."Adding that they will say: "You know, you could just like put clothes back on and the message would be just strong." Melissa said that the message "wouldn't be just as strong" if she made her content while fully clothed.
Explaining: "I would be hiding the very thing I'm talking about, and if I'm talking about my belly, I'm gonna show you my belly,' do you know what I mean?"I'm not like keep a t-shirt on or a jumper to talk about my stomach.
That's weird."When speaking to us about ruling out making an OnlyFans account, Melissa added: "I might be dancing around in my underwear but I'm trying to kind of break this taboo that people say 'oh women in underwear is for sex only, it's just sexy.
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