Instead of Big Brother or I’m a Celeb, Lesley Joseph, who is well-known for her role in Birds of a Feather, said she was desperate to be in The Traitors.
Birds Of A Feather star Lesley Joseph has claimed she was snubbed for the Celeb version of The Traitors.
The actress, who has also had an extensive stage career, said “they didn’t want me” when asked about her desire to appear in the reality TV series. Speaking to a reporter on Wednesday night, Lesley, 79, said: “I couldn’t do Big Brother, because I like my own bathroom too much, and I wouldn’t do I’m A Celeb with putting things in my mouth. I wanted to take part in The Traitors but that didn’t happen, so I think that would be the one I’d do.”
When asked if she had tried to appear on the show, Lesley, who was born in north London, said, “I did, but they didn’t want me.” Although Lesley is alleged to have failed to pass the test, some big names have already been confirmed, including England rugby ace Joe Marler and Stephen Fry, and celebrity thrillers will soon begin to be made.
At the charity event to benefit the Melissa Bell Foundation and the Style For Stroke Foundation, she addressed the media at the Spring Ball at the Bloomsbury Ballroom.
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The actress, who was in Birds Of A Feather’s original run and the reboot, the latter ending in 2020, has already been in reality shows Celebrity MasterChef and Celebrity Coach Trip. In 2016, Lesley took part in the fourteenth series of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing and was the oldest contestant.
And she revealed she has no plans to retire from showbusiness anytime soon. Speaking to The Sun on the red carpet, Lesley continued: “I’m about to fly out to Malta to do a Channel 5 thing, and I’m also about to do work on a cruise. I’m about to do Addams Family, so I’ve got more work coming out than I know what to do with.”
But she ruled out the return of Birds Of A Feather, which won the TV Choice Award for Best Comedy during its revival in 2016. In it, Lesley starred alongside longtime friend Pauline Quirke, who confirmed in January she has stepped away from acting following her diagnosis of dementia.
Source: Mirror
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