Michelle Collins has opened up about the eerily accurate prediction from a psychic that she’d find her soulmate just before hitting the big 5-0.
The former EastEnders actress, now 62, walked down the aisle with her younger love, 38-year-old Mike Davidson, in August, having been an item for 10 years.
Chatting to Prima magazine for their August cover story about finding romance in later life, Michelle shared: “I thought it would never happen I just didn’t think I’d ever get married. But Mike and I will have been married for two years in August.
“I was almost 50 when we met. A psychic told me that I would meet the love of my life when I was nearly 50, and it happened.”
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The soap legend also dished on her dramatic comeback to Albert Square as the scheming Cindy Beale, despite her character supposedly dying off-screen over two decades ago.
Discussing her return to the iconic BBC show as Rose Knight, the new partner of Queen Vic’s landlord George Knight, she revealed: “It was a big decision to return to EastEnders and I wanted to go back with a good storyline.”
“People love to hate Cindy. She is unapologetic and behaves in a way you shouldn’t really behave, but you sometimes can’t help that when you follow your heart, not your gut and, let’s face it, how many women do that? “
“Now, it feels right being back. I’m comfortable in my skin, more in the moment. I’m still hard on myself, but I’m in a very different place now. And you don’t see many 62-year-old women getting good TV roles. There are probably four women who get all the roles and that’s not me being grouchy, it’s just a fact.”
Michelle also shared her laid-back attitude towards fitness, stating: “I was much more manic about exercise when I was younger. I had a trainer and if I didn’t exercise, I’d go a bit insane. Now, I go to the gym for short bursts, like 30-40 minutes.”
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