NATALIE Cassidy has opened up about being fat-shamed on Strictly Come Dancing. The EastEnders actress said she felt ridiculed when she was asked to perform a move on the BBC show that was usually reserved for men.
Talking about an incident on Strictly when she took part back in 2009, she said: “I was about 4st bigger than I am now. "Vincenzo (Simone) was quite little.
And I remember one week, it was like, ‘Oh we're going to do this dance, but you’re going to pick up Vincent’. "And I think about it now and I think, ‘Oh, that was out of order.
It was a bit out of order to me.’ You couldn’t do that now.” The experience didn't stop Natalie enjoying herself away from playing Sonia on EastEnders.
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