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FORMER Bucks Fizz star Cheryl Baker has revealed how she was up for a part in Eastenders – but failed to get it because she forgot her lines.
The singer accepts she didn’t deserve to land the role because she fluffed the audition.
Cheryl, 67, says: “I auditioned for Eastenders recently but I didn’t get the part. I was a bit rubbish really.
“I was a bit nervous and didn’t learn my lines properly.
“I don’t watch any soaps – I’m not a big TV watcher at all. I think it was the part of the woman who runs the theatre school, which is something that I’ve done in the past.
“It was in the midst of lockdown, my daughter was reading the other part and to be perfectly honest I didn’t learn my lines properly. I didn’t deserve the part. However, I’d like them to give me a second chance.
“I’m a very optimistic person, and if something doesn’t happen I believe something better is around the corner.”
Cheryl’s optimism has stood her in good stead as she admits she’s struggled financially during the pandemic.
The singer – 40 years on from Bucks Fizz winning Eurovision with Making Your Mind Up – has been relying on £30-a-pop video messages to boost her bank balance.
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Last week we revealed Cheryl was selling furniture, clothes and paintings and was giving away a bed with a “slightly stained mattress”.
And while the star makes it clear the bed was just to make room at home, her earning power has taken a hit.
She says: “Workwise it has been absolutely terrible. There hasn’t been any chance of earning.
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