Emmerdale's Meena star reveals she has a secret partner and wants to 'protect' him

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Emmerdale's Paige Sandhu has revealed that she has a secret boyfriend.The ITV soap star confirmed this week that she has a long-term male partner — but didn't want to give away any more as she hoped to "protect" their relationship.The actress, who plays serial killer Meena Jutla, is famously secretive about her life off-screen.Divulging a rare piece of her private life, she told the Sun: “I have got a long-term partner, but I’m not going to talk about him because I just want to protect our relationship.

Sorry about that!"Paige was however a lot more forthcoming about her experiences with anxiety, which she reported struggling with before joining the show.She said: “I felt unsafe a lot.

Not like someone was going to attack me. I just didn’t feel comfortable, especially around people that I didn’t know.“It was probably social anxiety, fear of judgement and fear about the future.

When I left drama school, I moved back with my family and I became quite reclusive.“I didn’t leave the house a lot, I had terrible insomnia and suffered from food allergies and intolerances.”The former Doctors actress revealed that she had undergone therapy to treat the mental condition, and had also sought advice from a nutritionist and read self-help books.