'I PUT ON WEIGHT so much quicker now!'

Loose Women panellist and Hollyoaks star Kelle Bryan tells Woman’s Own why she’s been conscious of her body since her teen years in Eternal

- HAYLEY MINN

Kelle Bryan has been in the spotlight since she was just 18 years old, singing alongside Louise Redknapp in girl group Eternal – and recently admitted to taking laxatives during that era because she was told she was ‘the fat one’.

Now 45, and a mother to son, Regan, eight, and six-year-old daughter, Kayori, who she shares with husband Jay Gudgeon, Kelle opens up to Woman’s Own about how she still worries about her weight.

Being on TV most days as a Loose Women panellist and playing Martine Deveraux on Hollyoaks, Kelle says it’s the pressure of the small screen that makes her feel self-conscious.

But thankfully, she’s much healthier about it these days, as she tells us how she worries about her own children growing up with social media, plus why she’s enjoying having Richard Blackwood as her co-star…

Hi, Kelle! How have you been coping with lockdown?

You know what, it’s really good. I don’t ever get a chance to spend as much time as I am with my children. So, for me, it’s fantastic, just getting to have some quality time with them where I’m not rushing off.