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Stacey Dooley models a necklace inspired by infant daughter Minnie's name as she leaves the Zoe Ball radio show with boyfriend Kevin Clifton

Stacey Dooley models a necklace inspired by infant daughter Minnie's name as she leaves the Zoe Ball radio show with boyfriend Kevin Clifton

Daily Mail​21 hours ago
Stacey Dooley ensured her daughter wasn't too far from her thoughts on Sunday as she left Zoe Ball 's radio show with boyfriend Kevin Clifton on Sunday.
The couple - who have been dating since early 2019 - welcomed a daughter named Minnie together back in January 2023.
And Stacey, 35, was seen wearing a bubbly font necklace which had her two-year-old daughter's name on it during their latest appearance in London.
She looked super fashionable in a white top and camo trousers, adding a huge tote bag and glasses to finish off her daytime look.
The mum-of-one scraped her locks into an elegant bun and was seen wearing a massive smile as they walked through the city together.
Meanwhile, former Strictly Come Dancing star Kevin, 42, looked smart in a blue polo shirt and jeans as he carried a suitcase and bag beside his girlfriend.
Back in May, Stacey revealed she took her baby daughter to a brothel in Nevada, while she was filming a documentary about prostitution in the United States.
In the latest series of Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over USA, the presenter visited the oldest legal brothel in Nevada, the Mustang Ranch, to explore the lives of sex workers in the States.
But she has now revealed that her daughter came along for the visit, when she was just eight-months-old, joking 'it sounds like a comedy sketch'.
Stacey recalled the story at the Hay Literary Festival in Wales, during a panel with journalist Emma Barnett, where she discussed how she juggled balancing motherhood and work.
The broadcaster explained that she brings her little girl along with her for filming - including to the more unusual locations.
According to The Telegraph, she admitted: 'There's nowhere that child hasn't been. When she was eight months we had this gig in the diary to go to the States to make a documentary about this legal brothel in Nevada.
'I'd sort of signed the contract and was like: "oh, she'll be eight months, that'll be fine."
'Anyway, the trip comes, and I'm nowhere near comfortable leaving her so I take my eight-month-old child to this brothel in Nevada.
'I have to ask the sheriff for special permission, because she's under 18. It sounds like a comedy sketch, but it's legit!'
Stacey explained that she had to rent a trailer for Minnie to stay in with dad Kevin and that the little girl would watch out the window while she was filming.
She hilariously recalled that when she returned to the trailer to breastfeed, the prostitutes at the brothel would greet her daughter with: 'Morning Miss Minnie!'
The presenter quipped: 'I'm like: she'll be open minded if nothing else!'
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