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I don't ask for an apology because it's only tomorrow's fish-and-chip paper.

People try constantly to use me, and I hate it.

People don't remember. Revenge is sweet.

All the mistakes I've ever made in my life have been when I've been drunk. I haven't made hardly any mistakes sober, ever, ever.

Beware of the man who will not engage in idle conversation; he is planning to steal your walking stick or water your stock.

I'd already put on a bit of weight before I got pregnant.

I would snack on crisps and chocolate and my meals weren't the best. I ate lots of steak with creamy sauces, chips and peas, washed down with wine and a pudding.

I was performing from the age of three.

I was born and brought up in Liverpool with my clever little sister Jemma, who is 14 and wants to be a vet. My mum Jane is an administrator and my dad Peter is a taxi driver.

I wanted to have a go at a pop career. My first single, 'Baby I Don't Care', was a hit, and the second, 'Bye Bye Boy', reached the Top 20.

I want to tell people that I had post-natal depression because there is so much stigma around the subject and there shouldn't be.

I want to have a family and I'd like to live in a lovely big house, with a massive driveway and gates and loads of kids.

I want to be the best mum and I want everything to be perfect - I want a fairy tale really.

I want to be a young mum and if I didn't have to work I'd have them tomorrow. I'd like three!

I used to be such a daredevil but now I'm much more cautious.

I think because I did a lot of modelling and appeared in lads mags a lot of women didn't necessarily warm to me. But now I have been through childbirth, post-natal depression and struggled with my weight, women seem to relate to me a lot more.

I love performing on stage the most. It's getting that instant reaction from a live audience. There are no boundaries, you can take your character as far as you want to, you can be the craziest person ever.

I know people will think it's funny because I've done glamour modelling in the past, but I felt embarrassed about my body and just wanted to cover it up.

I just wanted to perform, to sing, dance and act.

I had absolutely no idea how I had ballooned during my pregnancy. All I thought about was eating plenty of food to keep my baby healthy.

I eat a lot of chicken with salad or salmon with salad.

I don't find it a struggle to maintain a healthy diet now as my palate has changed. I don't crave rich food.

I don't do faddy diets any more. I once did a no-carbs diet a few years ago but it made me depressed. I couldn't be doing with that!

I came out of the womb born to sing and dance. I have to follow my heart.

I always wanted to act and sing, but my first love was ballet.

Everyone thinks that just because you have a Scouse accent, then you must be 'on the rob'.

Dad worked in a warehouse when I was little and I didn't see him for three years as he was doing all the overtime God gave him to buy me new ballet shoes, or a new tutu.

Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding.

I got a mortgage at 17! I didn't even know you could get a mortgage at 17.

Going home and spending time with your family and your real friends keeps you grounded.