The One Show's Alex Jones forced to step in as EastEnders star suffers awkward blunder
The One Show's Alex Jones forced to step in as EastEnders star suffers awkward blunder
EastEnder's Cindy Beale actress Michelle Collins appeared on BBC The One Show on Monday (June 23) night
The One Show's Alex Jones was forced to step in as one guest suffered an awkward blunder just moments into their interview.
The Welsh presenter was back on the famous green sofa on Monday (June 23) evening alongside co-star Roman Kemp.
The pair welcomed a number of guests into the studio including EastEnders legend Michelle Collins, who spoke about her new venture as she prepares to leave the BBC hit soap for a brief break.
Michelle, 63, is set to make her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut this summer. She will perform in the one woman dark comedy Motorhome Marilyn, which was written by Ben Weatherill.
The show, which is inspired by Michelle's real-life encounter with a woman known as Motorhome Marilyn, follows Denise, an aspiring actress with an obsession with Marilyn Monroe, as she heads to Hollywood in the 1980s.
EastEnders legend Michelle Collins appeared on BBC The One Show on Monday (June 23) night
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As her dreams falter, Denise is forced to face the harsh reality of her unfulfilled aspirations. Ahead of the show, hosts Alex and Roman were keen to find out more about the actress' new role, however just moments into the interview things took an awkward turn for the star as she made an unexpected blunder.
Roman was quick to ask: 'Obviously doing a one woman show and doing the whole thing playing the character, is your home becoming a bit of a shrine to Marilyn Monroe?"
Michelle admitted: 'Oh yes. My husband is like 'Michelle this is getting really silly now, it's getting unhealthy.' Everything down to my coffee cup is Marilyn. I mean everything. It's amazing how much stuff you can get and the collections out there are unreal.'
Alex Jones was forced to step in as one guest suffered an awkward blunder
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Opening up more, Michelle continued: 'It's tough and I do kind of think 'why did I do this' because I'm filming at the same time and I'm rehearsing at the weekend.'
American actor Sean Hayes, who was also on the show, jumped in and asked: 'So when does it start?' to which Michelle revealed: 'Umm 29th of July?'
It appeared as though she got her dates wrong as Alex was forced to jump in and correct the star as she pulled a face to the camera and replied: 'No. It's the 30th'.
Everyone burst out laughing as Michelle replied: 'The 30th, thank you Alex. Don't come on the 29th.'
Michelle is well known for portraying Cindy Beale in the hit BBC soap.
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Michelle is well known for portraying Cindy Beale in the hit BBC soap. The actress returned to EastEnders in 2023, 25 years after she left when Cindy was said to have died during childbirth in 1998.
However, it was soon revealed that this was false and Cindy had been living a secret life in Spain under witness protection.
Upon her return to Walford, her character has been involved in plenty of drama including her affair with Junior Knight getting exposed during the festive season.
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She's since been attacked by Kathy Beale, shot husband Ian and accidentally caused the fire at the Queen Vic, which led to the death of Martin Fowler. The star is now set to leave the show again as she takes on her new role on stage.
The One Show airs weekdays from 7pm on BBC One and iPlayer
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