EASTENDERS favourite Lacey Turner has candidly opened up on the impact of the cost of living crisis on her family of five.
The BBC star, who gave birth to her third baby back in January, has told how “we are all facing the same struggles.”
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Lacey Turner at the Inside Soap Awards 2024.
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EastEnders favourite Lacey Turner has opened up on the cost of living crisis hitting her familyCredit: Rex
Family photo of parents and three children, including a newborn.
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She welcomed daughter Gipsy back in January, and now has three kidsCredit: instagram
Stacey Slater and Jean Slater in a cafe.
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The BBC One stalwart said ‘we are all facing the same struggles’ regardless of income level, and urged people not to judgeCredit: BBC
Lacey, who plays Stacey Slater in the BBC One soap, reportedly scoops a five-figure salary for the EastEnders role she started in 2004.
Yet she opened up on the “daily struggles” shared by many as costs of everyday items, as well as bills, soar.
Lacey is mum to little girl Gipsy, five months, as well as Dusty, aged five, and three-year-old son Trilby who she shares with her husband Matt Kay.
She told of the impact of the financial climate on her family and said: “You do what you can.
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“Ultimately if you strip everything back we’re all the same, it doesn’t matter what industry you’re in.
“You could be a broker, you could be hairdresser, you could be a gardener – we’re all facing the same struggles daily.
“Some people earn more money than others but everyone has different kinds of problems and ultimately underneath that is the judgement.
“You cannot judge people you don’t know, you never know what another person is going through.”
According to OK! Magazine, Lacey is earning between £150,000 to £190,000 for her soap role.
Just weeks after giving birth, she returned from maternity leave to play her part in Martin Fowler’s exit scenes in the show’s live episode.
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She added to MailOnline of money worries: “I look at my shopping bill and think when did that go up?
“What would be a £70 shop suddenly becomes a £120 shop and you go oh my God, I’m not buying them again.”
Meanwhile, the failed side-hustle businesses of soap stars recently came to light.
And over at Coronation Street, some cast members have gone to war after a handful were able to top up their income with brand deals – and others weren’t.
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FAMILY LIFE
Lacey and her husband Matt are childhood sweethearts and tied the knot in Ibiza back in 2017.
They announced the pregnancy on a picturesque beach by holding a picture of Lacey’s ultrasound scans.
She commented: “Aren’t we lucky…”
Lacey previously called motherhood the “hardest job I have ever done in my life.”
However, she wouldn’t have it any other way.
She told The Sun: “But it’s also the best thing in the world.
“It has changed me because it makes you see everything differently.
“It highlights what’s important and what isn’t! I think I’m much more chilled out now I’m a mother.
“Somehow we manage to juggle everything and everyone and yet we still feel guilty for certain things.
“I think until you have done it you can’t understand how challenging it is yet so rewarding.”
Family on beach holding ultrasound photo.
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She said her family’s household bills had almost doubledCredit: Instagram
Lacey Turner at the British Soap Awards.
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Lacey said ‘everyone has different kinds of problems’Credit: Getty Images – Getty
Stacey Slater from EastEnders in a black coat.
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Lacey joined EastEnders in 2004Credit: BBC
