EastEnders star Lacey Turner could be up for these TWO reality shows

By David Hollingsworth
( What's on TV )
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7 Things you didn’t know about Lacey Turner - AKA EastEnders legendary Stacey Slater
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Lacey has spoken about which reality shows she might consider...

EastEnders star Lacey Turner could be up for appearing in the next series of either Strictly Come Dancing or I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!.

The 30-year-old actress, who plays Stacey Slater in the BBC1 soap, could be about to follow a long line of soap stars who’ve taken part in the reality shows.

Asked by OK! online what type of reality TV she’d consider doing, Lacey replied: “I don’t know if I could do any but I guess if I was going to do any I would do either Strictly, although I can’t dance or the jungle.

“But I’d like to do the jungle if there were no cameras because I think that without food I would be really grumpy.”

Surely Strictly bosses would be interested in signing up Lacey, after all she is one of soapland’s most popular stars.

EastEnders has a strong history in Strictly Come Dancing, with Jake Wood (who plays Max Branning) and Kellie Bright (Linda Carter) among the cast who’ve taken part in the BBC1 show.

Kellie Bright, who plays Linda Carter in EastEnders, at the National Television Awards, Arrivals, O2, London, UK - 23 Jan 2018

Kellie Bright took part in Strictly in 2015 - is Lacey about to follow her footsteps?

Of course ex EastEnders stars have even won Strictly, with Jill Halfpenny claiming the glitter ball in 2004 and Kara Tointon in 2010. Could Lacey be lifting the famous trophy this December?

Meanwhile, in EastEnders next week Stacey will be seen trying to track down Jean, after she doesn’t turn up for her hospital appointment. Stacey asks Mo if she can think where Jean might have gone to and then Mo remembers where the family use to go on holiday… a caravan park.

EastEnders continues on BBC1

Main pic: David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock; Kellie Bright pic: David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock

David Hollingsworth
David Hollingsworth
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David is the What To Watch Editor and has over 20 years of experience in television journalism. He is currently writing about the latest television and film news for What To Watch.


Before working for What To Watch, David spent many years working for TV Times magazine, interviewing some of television's most famous stars including Hollywood actor Kiefer Sutherland, singer Lionel Richie and wildlife legend Sir David Attenborough. 


David started out as a writer for TV Times before becoming the title's deputy features editor and then features editor. During his time on TV Times, David also helped run the annual TV Times Awards. David is a huge Death in Paradise fan, although he's still failed to solve a case before the show's detective! He also loves James Bond and controversially thinks that Timothy Dalton was an excellent 007.


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