COLD

Feet fans have been enjoying the latest series of the hit ItV comedy drama, but one of its stars has been avoiding it like the plague. ‘I’ve put on weight, and I can’t watch myself on telly for that reason,’ claims Fay Ripley, 52. ‘It’s really hard. I don’t look young — I look my age. People say to me, “Oh, but you’re really real”, and I hate being “real”. It’s rubbish being the “real” one.I don’t want to be real — I want to be Amanda Holden.’