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Happy Mum Happy Baby

Natalie Cassidy beyond Albert Square: grief, body image, and motherhood

Happy Mum Happy Baby

Giovanna Fletcher

Kids & Family

4.85.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

They don't get more iconic than this... this week Giovanna welcomes EastEnders legend and ultimate hun, Natalie Cassidy!


Natalie and Gi talk about growing up in the public eye, the rollercoaster of raising teens, and how her feelings about her body image have shifted over the years.


Plus, Natalie opens up about navigating grief after the death of her parents.


You can read more about Natalie's journey in her memoir Happy Days, out October 9th!


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0:00.0

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0:04.4

Picture this. You've just got home after a week of trekking about.

0:08.1

You're shattered, the boys are starving, and honestly, all you want to do is snuggle up on the sofa and just be home.

0:15.6

But your mum, and dinner still needs to happen.

0:18.8

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0:19.7

Grab a handful of tomatoes from the greenhouse.

0:22.0

Some dried pasta, a tub of borsan,

0:25.0

and a bit of chicken stock.

0:26.9

Chuck it all in the instant pot.

0:28.9

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0:33.1

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0:36.4

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0:39.0

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0:44.8

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0:50.7

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0:55.6

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1:01.7

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1:07.4

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1:15.7

Now, I've got to say, I am a long way away from the baby stage.

1:18.8

My eldest has just started secondary school, and I'm looking back at such fond memories of when they were newborns.

1:26.2

But you know what, I don't miss?

1:27.5

That awful feeling of realizing you've run out of nappies

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