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 back in January, has told how “we are all facing the same struggles.”;;
, who plays Stacey Slater in the soap, reportedly scoops a five-figure salary for the role she started in 2004.
Yet she opened up on the “daily struggles”;; shared by many as , as well as bills, soar.
Lacey is mum to little girl Gipsy, five months, as well aswho 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.
“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 in the show’s live episode.
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.”;;
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FAMILY LIFE
Lacey and her husband Matt are childhood sweethearts and tied the knot inIbizaback 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.”;;
