EXCLUSIVE: Emmerdale legend Roxy Shahidi has candidly opened up about the lasting impact of her premature daughter's traumatic birth and admitted her battle with 'mum guilt'
When actress Roxy Shahidi signed up to appear on ITVBe’s fly-on-the-wall documentary series Drama Queens, she was looking forward to taking on an exciting new project away from her day job on Emmerdale . But as the first episode of the show aired earlier this month, she admits she was suddenly overcome with nerves.
“On Emmerdale, you perform a script and you’ve got that character to hide behind – but this is you, in the moment, being as authentic as you can be. And that leaves you feeling a little bit exposed.” she also stepped out of her comfort zone to appear on Dancing On Ice. The reason? After turning 40 last year, she decided that, when new experiences came her way, she needed to grab them with both hands.
Even though her family does not appear in Drama Queens, Roxy speaks with the other ladies on screen – particularly her Emmerdale friends, Amy Walsh and Laura Norton, who both take part, too – about “mum guilt”. They are conversations she feels many other mothers will relate to. In one particular episode of the show, she has a heart-to-heart with Laura, which leads to the ladies talking about their birth experiences. It’s not something Roxy has ever publicly shared, and she says the difficult and premature arrival of her daughter left her with emotional scars she is only just dealing with now.
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