Fool Me Once star Michelle Keegan's heartbreak as mum cruelly trolled
11.01.2024 - 19:43
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Michelle Keegan has shared a rather sad impact her fame has had on her mum, Jackie Anne Thornton.
The Fool Me Once star, 36, candidly opened up to Ferne Cotton on her Fearne Cotton's Happy Place podcast, where she shared that her mum have previously been trolled after being snapped with Michelle. Discussing how she's recieved negative comments before but that it's worse when it's about her family, Michelle explained: "When it affects my family, that's when it's hurtful.
"I remember once I stepped out of a restaurant with my mum and we got pictured and I remember my mum reading the article and she read the comments. That really affected my mum, really bad.
Now, she won't walk out of restaurants with me, because of that reason." Although Michelle's mum no longer appears in a paparrazi shots with her famous daughter, Michelle does sometimes share snaps with her mum on her Instagram page. And back in 2019, Michelle penned a sweet tribute to her mum on International Women's Day, when she shared some photos of the inspiring women in her life.
Alongside the snaps, she penned the caption: "Here’s to all the strong ladies out there, especially my tribe who have always surrounded me with love, values, strength and determination #happyinternationalwomensday #girlpower #empoweringwomen." In the midst of the success of her new Netflix thriller series Fool Me Once, Michelle has opened up about feeling "embarrassed" over being voted Sexiest Female 12 times during her time on Coronation Street. During her time on the cobbles as Tina McIntyre, Michelle's storylines included those about abortion, murder and surrogacy, but it was not these that won her awards.
Reflecting on this, she told The Observer: "It was embarrassing. Because I was in
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