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‘PARADISE IS A DUMP’

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Miriam Margolyes upset the Aussies slating one of their seaside resorts.

The Brit actress – an Australian citizen herself who lives Down Under – has branded Surfers Paradise “disgusting” and folk should be “ashamed” to live

IT’S no wonder Tanya Maniktala is all smiles on the set of new BBC One drama Suitable Boy.

We hear that TV chiefs auditioned an astonishing 500 young women for the role of Lata Mehra until they settled on the stunning star.

In the show, which starts Sunday, Lata has to choose between three fellas as her “suitable boy”.

ACelebrity Masterchef at 9pm: “I’ve never cooked for anyone – apart from Gregg Wallace and John Torode.” there. She claims the beach city on The Gold Coast has been ruined by skyscrapers built by “brutal and greedy” developers. Surfers Paradise is where I’m

Celebrity stars stay after they have been kicked out of the jungle and the high-rise buildings have also been used for dangerous trials. However

AMiriam, 79, blasted: “Those horrible structures along the coast. People should be ashamed of living in Surfers Paradise. It’s disgusting. “I think that actually shocked me because I don’t go there. It’s not my world and I don’t want to go there.”

Her comments to promote her new BBC Two series Almost Australian – which starts tomorrow at 9pm – have sparked a backlash.

Outspoken Aussies have bombarded her with angry comments such as: “She complains about Surfers being tacky but have you ever seen Blackpool in the UK?”, “One bitter old aging pom”, “Revoke her citizenship” and “Send her back to pommy land.”

Miriam says of the furore: “That’s tough. I’m telling it like I see it.”

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