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'I did Strictly Come Dancing and SAS Who Dares Win - one was far harder'
'I did Strictly Come Dancing and SAS Who Dares Win - one was far harder'
Former EastEnders actress Maisie Smith has opened up about her experiences competing on both SAS: Who Dares Wins and Strictly Come Dancing
Maisie Smith is famed for portraying Tiffany Butcher in BBC One's EastEnders, but the actress has taken on many other challenges away from Albert Square.
The 24-year-old competed on Strictly Come Dancing in 2020, making it to the final with Gorka Marquez and coming in second place. In 2022, Maisie appeared on Channel 4's Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins and was one of only four celebrities to complete the famously gruelling course.
During an appearance on ITV's Loose Women on Thursday (August 14), Maisie opened up about her experiences on both reality shows, admitting that she found one far "scarier" than the other.
Maisie opened up about her reality TV ventures on Loose Women
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"What was more terrifying, Strictly or SAS?" Loose Women's Denise Welch asked the star.
After taking a moment to think about her answer, Maisie responded: "Strictly was scarier because it was my first time being myself on TV. Whereas I'm usually used to learning lines and being a character, so that was quite a shock to the system.
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"But, obviously, SAS was so physically demanding - and mentally. You can't compare them, they're so different."
Maisie went on to open up about her time on Celebrity SAS, admitting there were plenty of tears, but it is still "the best thing" she's ever done.
'I did cry the whole way through," she said. "It's worse than it looks.
"Even when I was watching it, it was like 10 per cent of how it actually felt. It's the best thing I've ever done mentally and physically."
Maisie competed on Strictly in 2020
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Maisie added: 'It felt like the first day you have a New Year's resolution, that's how I felt coming out. Like 'I'm starting my life with a completely new outlook of who I am'. The fact I was so young, I was five foot three, 20 years old, I had to stay until they physically removed me."
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Kaye Adams took the opportunity to quiz Maisie about a potential return to EastEnders, with the actress having exited the BBC One soap in 2021. Maisie admitted: 'You don't know, you never know. I'm really enjoying being on stage and it's so much fun and so different.
"This show I'm doing is going to be incredible. It's the first ever UK tour of The Talented Mr Ripley.'
Loose Women airs on weekdays on ITV1 at 12.30pm.
