EastEnders
actress Danniella Westbrook has said she is not bothered
by gossip about the age gap between her and her 24-year-old boyfriend.
The
former Celebrity Big Brother star said she gets "grief" on social media about
her relationship but said she is too busy
at home with partner George Arnold to care.
Westbrook,
42, told ITV's Good Morning Britain: "I'm
really happy with George. He may be 24 but he is 44 in his mind. He's completely different. I get so much grief on
Instagram, people say 'he looks like your son' because my son is 19."
She confirmed
the couple are trying to have a baby
and plan to get married this year and
when asked if she thought she drew more criticism because she is a woman with a
younger partner, rather than the other way round, she
said: "Yeah, if you read it and you're bothered by it but I'm too
busy at home with George to be worried about it.
"People
outside say it, a woman last night on Instagram said 'I would never go out with a
boy the same age as my son' and I said 'That's okay darling because nobody is
asking you to, so don't worry about it.' I'm
quite happy."
The
actress, who became a household name as
Sam Mitchell in EastEnders, will soon be reunited
with her on-screen brothers and mother when she
returns to the soap after six years
away.
It
has already been confirmed that Ross
Kemp, who played Grant, will join Steve McFadden as Phil to say goodbye to Dame
Barbara Windsor as Peggy Mitchell.
She
said: "I'm super excited to go back, I'm super excited to have
the boys back together, Ross and Steve, and obviously Barbara, to have the four
of us back together, the original Mitchells, to get the four of us back
together will be great."
Westbrook
added she hopes
to make it a permanent return, saying:
"I would like to come back full time."
However,
she said her taste for younger men means
she is no longer interested in
ex-husband Ricky Butcher, played by Sid Owen.
She
said: "Ricky is way too old. Danny Dyer is too old for me now.
"I would
like Darren Day to come in as my husband, I
think he's a fabulous actor and I would love to see him in EastEnders, I think
he would fit right in."
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