Loose Women' didn't axe me. I had started planning the tour and album and Loose Women saw my list of 40 dates. I wanted to back out and focus on my music career.
I spend six months of the year on cruises. Travelling the world with your mates, it's such good fun and I hope that comes across.
When I was on 'Loose Women' I never thought you have to keep it light. I had my own view. It sounds daft, but I forgot that there were cameras there because I got very heated in discussions.
Loose Women' is fantastic. It's great working with a group of strong, feisty females, who are also your mates. It's like therapy.
Never having to hoover, cook, clean or do any task I don't want to would be heaven.
Holidays are reflection time and I always take 'Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting', by Lynn Grabhorn.
Then I trained as an opera singer for four years before I started singing professionally as a pop act.
I had the working class ethic. I wanted to make a living and there weren't many opportunities for an opera singer in Yorkshire, so I went onto the club circuit.
You never ever expect to win a Bafta. It's unreachable for people like me.
A whole new world of taste opened up to me and I put on at last one dress size, if not two during my 12 weeks on the Black Prince.
