Holly Willoughby confirmed she was related to a soap star on This Morning
Holly Willoughby made a shocking revelation on This Morning this week – she's related to an EastEnders actor.
The surprising confession came after Sharon Marshall was discussing the latest soap gossip on the show. After she spoke about the upcoming storyline where Lauren Branning finally discovers her sister Abi is pregnant with Steven's baby, Holly then revealed another spoiler that Tamzin Outhwaite is returning to the show.
However, she then made a shocking statement – she's related to Tamzin!
Yup.
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Holly explained: "Tamzin Outhwaite is coming back. She is my cousin in law."
She then confirmed that she knew before everyone else that her cousin would be returning to Albert Square, she admitted: "I might have known a little something."
Eek!
We already knew that the women were related because the EastEnders actress and Holly's husband Dan Baldwin and Tamzin are actually cousins.
It was recently confirmed that Tamzin is returning to Walford in the New Year. The 46-year-old actress plays the infamous Mel Owen who (if you cast your mind back) married Ian Beale, then Steve Owen and then had to flee the square because of her late husband's drug dealing business.
DRAMA.
Now, she's returning to the square and is bringing a lot of trouble with her. Speaking about her return after 16 years, Tamzin said: "EastEnders is in my DNA and I always knew deep down that someday I would revisit Mel; she is a strong independent woman with lots more stories to tell.
"To be stepping back into Mel’s shoes nearly twenty years after I first started feels just perfect."
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