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Myleene Klass, the star of I’m A Celebrity, shared a story about her life as a person of Filipino descent and how she’s been affected by ‘ignorant’ comments.

I’m A Celebrity star Myleene Klass has told fans that she’s faced “ignorant” comments and racism over her Filipino heritage. She’s spoken about her experience and recalled an incident that she said happened amid celebrations over her MBE.

Myleene, 47, was awarded an MBE by King Charles at Windsor Castle just last month for services to women’s health, miscarriage awareness and charity. The musician said at the time that she was “utterly overjoyed and humbled” to receive the award from the monarch.

The musician, whose mother Magdalena is from the Philippines, referenced the honour whilst writing about having Filipino heritage in a post on Instagram on Monday. It came in response to someone who reacted to a previous post about her having performed at pal Nick Ferrari’s wedding last week.

When the troll wrote to her, “You look so much like my maid when I was a Brazilian. Any woman who has money can be presentable, which is interesting. Bravo”! Then, in two separate posts, Myleene responded.

Myleene appeared to be reflecting on previous events in her life before writing in the first post: “This was said to me at Westminster. Dinner for Bankers in the City. at the entrance to the classroom. You resemble my Filipino cleaner, I suppose. My maid . My nanny. ‘”

“All honorable jobs,” she continued. However, this connection is the only one that has ever been made. I’m from Philippines. I’m also liminal. We are frequently only seen through that lens because our “in” to many nations has historically been through acts of service. That’s why it’s important to have a positive disruptor and represent yourself.

You limit and define me before I can define myself, but when you assume your role because of my race, you do more than just make an ignorant comment. That qualifies as racism. It is treacherous. I’m proud to enter the Palace, Parliament, boardrooms, and business meetings because of it.

Not as someone’s stereotype of a “good Asian girl” or a fetishized trope, Myleene continued to tell her followers. But as a self, I’m occupying space that no longer belongs to me and making sure my children see that as well.

She concluded by highlighting the value of representation. Representation is not symbolic; it is survival and how we break the cycle so that our children don’t have to conform to the narrow roles that society has assigned them.

The message that Myleene had received in a second post on her Instagram Story was then changed. She claimed that while discussing her MBE, someone who she identified as “a white cis male” shared a “contrarian” comment with her.

WCM: You should move into the Palace at this rate, she wrote in the follow-up post posted on Monday. Me: “Because I spend a lot of time there these days,” I ask? WCM: “No, because every Kensington home has a Filipino accent.”

Myleene continued, “This was said to be by a white cis man at a work gathering for a cheap laugh when my MBE was being discussed and celebrated. The worrying aspect of this joke is that it was the WCM’s idea of a joke, which is also why I’m so proud of the positive change and representation I continued to evoke with my voice and work, as well as by being “a little brown” (yeah had that too).

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Natalie Cassidy, a former EastEnders star, claims that the fitness DVDs she purchased when she was younger were mistaken.

Natalie Cassidy says she is no longer concerned about her weight and that she regrets making a fitness DVD.

The former EastEnders actor and podcast host fronted a ‘Then & Now’ workout DVD in December 2007 where she said she lost 2.5 stone thanks to the exercises she did on screen. She later made a ‘perfect ten’ one in 2013 too.

But looking back, Natalie told Radio Times: “The DVD wasn’t a good move for me – I did it for the money. I’m now 42, and to be honest, I could be doing a bit more exercise at the moment, but I just can’t be bothered. I think, ‘If this is the size I’m meant to be, then I need to be happy with that.’

I avoid eating too much. My food is delicious. A glass of wine is what I enjoy. You can’t have crisps every day, but I do. I believe everything to be moderate. My days aren’t as good if I choose to lose a lot of weight.

Natalie is currently on screen in ITV series Cooking With The Stars and also fronts her own podcast series.

She has now left EastEnders having played Sonia Fowler since 1993. But despite playing the role for so long, she insists it wasn’t a hard call to make.

It was a very natural choice, she said.

“Sometimes when you’re in something, you think that’s all there is, so when I had a break from EastEnders last year, I did The Masked Singer and a doc for Channel 4 [What’s the Big Deal: Britain’s Best Buys?].

You’ll never know what’s out there, they say. I therefore intended to observe Sonia and see what else is happening.

Happy Days, Natalie’s autobiography, is set to be released in October and will “enter her readers on a journey through the highs and lows and the changing seasons of life.” Additionally, she wants to work on television more.

She continued, “I’m really enjoying being myself, but I’m really looking forward to having a gritty or funny role.”

After moving away from London, Natalie and Marc Humphreys, a cameraman, have two daughters who adore living in the countryside.

Natalie Cassidy, a former EastEnders star, claims that the fitness DVDs she purchased when she was younger were mistaken.

Natalie Cassidy says she is no longer concerned about her weight and that she regrets making a fitness DVD.

The former EastEnders actor and podcast host fronted a ‘Then & Now’ workout DVD in December 2007 where she said she lost 2.5 stone thanks to the exercises she did on screen. She later made a ‘perfect ten’ one in 2013 too.

But looking back, Natalie told Radio Times: “The DVD wasn’t a good move for me – I did it for the money. I’m now 42, and to be honest, I could be doing a bit more exercise at the moment, but I just can’t be bothered. I think, ‘If this is the size I’m meant to be, then I need to be happy with that.’

I avoid eating too much. My food is delicious. A glass of wine is what I enjoy. You can’t have crisps every day, but I do. I believe everything to be moderate. My days aren’t as good if I choose to lose a lot of weight.

Natalie is currently on screen in ITV series Cooking With The Stars and also fronts her own podcast series.

She has now left EastEnders having played Sonia Fowler since 1993. But despite playing the role for so long, she insists it wasn’t a hard call to make.

It was a very natural choice, she said.

“Sometimes when you’re in something, you think that’s all there is, so when I had a break from EastEnders last year, I did The Masked Singer and a doc for Channel 4 [What’s the Big Deal: Britain’s Best Buys?].

You’ll never know what’s out there, they say. I therefore intended to observe Sonia and see what else is happening.

Happy Days, Natalie’s autobiography, is set to be released in October and will “enter her readers on a journey through the highs and lows and the changing seasons of life.” Additionally, she wants to work on television more.

She continued, “I’m really enjoying being myself, but I’m really looking forward to having a gritty or funny role.”

After moving away from London, Natalie and Marc Humphreys, a cameraman, have two daughters who adore living in the countryside.

After sharing his post on her Instagram Stories, soap star Tamzin Outhwaite appeared to give her ex-husband and Lucifer star, Tom Ellis, an olive branch.

Tamzin Outhwaite seemingly extended an olive branch to her ex-husband, Tom Ellis, when she re-posted one of his Instagram photos to her own Stories. EastEnders star Tamzin and Lucifer actor Tom tied the knot in 2006 after first being introduced by actor James McAvoy.

However, their nine-year marriage ended in 2014. Tamzin shares two children with Ellis – Flo, 17, and Marnie, 12. The two had a difficult relationship, with Tamzin accusing him of being unfaithful in a quickly deleted Instagram post. And now, she is seemingly offering a truce when she shared one of his posts.

She showed him posing with his kids at the opening of his upcoming movie, The Thursday Murder Club. She captioned the post, which was followed by the hashtag “suchaproudmama,” and she continued, “My heart is bursting.”

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Tom is the father of a one-year-old baby girl with his wife Meagan Oppenheimer and a daughter from a previous relationship.

It comes after Tamzin opened up about co-parenting with Tell Me Lies star Tom, revealing that he has been “in and out” of their children’s lives.

She opened up about the painful split in a candid interview with Parenting Hell.

She continued to describe how far she and her family have come, including the challenges facing co-parenting with him and how difficult it is now.

When Josh Widdicombe, a podcast host, mentioned the split “about ten years ago,” she responded, “Yeah, it was literally when the kids were tiny. Not even one of them was Maddie.

She continued, “He lives in LA. He lives in their lives,” adding more detail about Tom’s role in their lives. He’s pretty much in and out of their lives, but they do have a lot of people who have been there.

She made the statement on social media in 2023, which read, “Two years since the father of my children walked out on us for the last time.”

“I still meet new people on jobs who come across more lies and infidelity than he has committed.” But thanks to the clarity and cleanliness of my heart and soul, I am currently unsatisfied.

Last year, in an interview with OK!, Tamzin said she was “happy single” before adding: “There’s a lot on! Life is really busy, throwing a relationship into that is a whole other thing. Freedom fills up my cup, freedom to do as you please is a lovely thing. That makes me happy.”

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After sharing his post on her Instagram Stories, soap star Tamzin Outhwaite appeared to give her ex-husband and Lucifer star, Tom Ellis, an olive branch.

Tamzin Outhwaite seemingly extended an olive branch to her ex-husband, Tom Ellis, when she re-posted one of his Instagram photos to her own Stories. EastEnders star Tamzin and Lucifer actor Tom tied the knot in 2006 after first being introduced by actor James McAvoy.

However, their nine-year marriage ended in 2014. Tamzin shares two children with Ellis – Flo, 17, and Marnie, 12. The two had a difficult relationship, with Tamzin accusing him of being unfaithful in a quickly deleted Instagram post. And now, she is seemingly offering a truce when she shared one of his posts.

She showed him posing with his kids at the opening of his upcoming movie, The Thursday Murder Club. She captioned the post, which was followed by the hashtag “suchaproudmama,” and she continued, “My heart is bursting.”

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Tom is the father of a one-year-old baby girl with his wife Meagan Oppenheimer and a daughter from a previous relationship.

It comes after Tamzin opened up about co-parenting with Tell Me Lies star Tom, revealing that he has been “in and out” of their children’s lives.

She opened up about the painful split in a candid interview with Parenting Hell.

She continued to describe how far she and her family have come, including the challenges facing co-parenting with him and how difficult it is now.

When Josh Widdicombe, a podcast host, mentioned the split “about ten years ago,” she responded, “Yeah, it was literally when the kids were tiny. Not even one of them was Maddie.

She continued, “He lives in LA. He lives in their lives,” adding more detail about Tom’s role in their lives. He’s pretty much in and out of their lives, but they do have a lot of people who have been there.

She made the statement on social media in 2023, which read, “Two years since the father of my children walked out on us for the last time.”

“I still meet new people on jobs who come across more lies and infidelity than he has committed.” But thanks to the clarity and cleanliness of my heart and soul, I am currently unsatisfied.

Last year, in an interview with OK!, Tamzin said she was “happy single” before adding: “There’s a lot on! Life is really busy, throwing a relationship into that is a whole other thing. Freedom fills up my cup, freedom to do as you please is a lovely thing. That makes me happy.”

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