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EastEnders star Melissa Suffield hits back at those who assume she is still pregnant as she pushes against pressure to 'bounce back' after giving birth


The former EastEnders star has hit back at people who continue to ask when she is due as they assume she is still pregnant in her latest Instagram post on Thursday.

Melissa, who played Lucy Beale in the BBC soap of six years until 2010, welcomed her son River in March 2020, but explained she still faces pressures regarding her post partum figure. Melissa, who played Lucy Beale in the BBC soap of six years until 2010, welcomed her son River in March 2020, but explained she still faces pressures regarding her post partum figure A second penned: 'I am 5 months pp and the amount of people who have said ‘oh you’re a bigger size are you’ or ‘lost the baby weight yet’ or a favourite - ‘I didn’t get stretch marks; have you tried cream’ really bothers me because I really don’t like how I look'.

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