Mrs Brown's Boys star Eilish O'Carroll has admitted that she struggled with her "inner homophobia" when she released she was a lesbian.
The actress, who pays Winnie McGoogan in the sitcom, was married with two sons when she fell in love with her now partner Marion O'Sullivan in 2003.
But she says coming to terms with her sexuality was difficult, as she struggled to accept who she truly is. Opening up in an interview with Big Brother's Simon Gross on his Get Gossy With Grossy show, the 68-year-old said: "I was married with two sons, then at the age of 40 fell I love with a woman. "I had a Catholic upbringing but I was never religious, in fact I'm now liberal.
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