Michelle Keegan has revealed that she felt pressured into doing photoshoots for lad’s magazines while starring in Coronation Street.
The actress — who portrayed Tina McIntyre on the long-running ITV soap — opened up on the matter in a new interview with Cosmopolitan.
Michelle revealed that she was encouraged to appear on the cover of lad’s magazines, but regrets it now.
She said: ‘It wasn’t something that I necessarily wanted to do. I remember feeling very shy because I was really young.
‘Now that I’m older, I realise that it is OK to say no to something that you don’t feel 100% happy with.
‘You don’t have to do it because you think you have to do it.’
Michelle — who evidently enjoyed her lengthy stint on Corrie — was full of praise for the team at Coronation Street.
She added: ‘I will say, this is no reflection on Coronation Street.
‘I had a brilliant network and team and the PR team were fabulous and really looked after me and it was a different time back then. Everyone did it at that time.’
Michelle made her first appearance as Tina in Coronation Street in 2008.
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During her stint on the soap, she featured in many a huge storyline, including her relationship with David Platt (Jack P Shepherd).
The character was killed off in a dramatic storyline in 2014.
Coronation Street continues Friday 3 July at 7:30pm on ITV.
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