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EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy admits she still calls herself 'ugly' despite her weight loss - after being cruelly bullied as a child


The actress, 41,faced cruel bullying as a child over her size before slimming down six years ago, and in a new interview shared how she still 'doesn't have that confidence'.

Natalie told The Sun that her relationship with food stemmed from her late mother, who she described as a 'feeder', and shared that bullies would call her 'Fat Nat.' Natalie, who is engaged to cameraman Marc Humphreys, also famously slimmed down while recording a weight loss DVD, Then & Now, in 2007, which she shared she still bitterly regrets, as she was 'bordering on having an eating disorder'. A TV insider told The Sun: 'The project is still in its early stages, but Ricky is super excited as he's always wanted to make a show about cats.

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