Stacey Dooley, 33, defended herself on Twitter, after being criticised by author Melanie Blake for “not knowing” who EastEnders producer Julia Smith was.
The writer accused the red-haired documentary filmmaker of “not even researching” the long-running soap before hosting EastEnders: Secrets From The Square.Melanie wrote to her 23,000 followers: “And Stacey Dooley not even knowing who Julia Smith - who co-created #Eastenders was.
Not even researching the show you presenting is one thing, not even bothering to read the research material someone else has probably handed to you is another - terrible.”Stacey, who has worked on a number of BBC documentaries over the years, hit back to her own 344,900 fans: “I did know who Julia was Melanie. “The.
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