OHMYGOSSIP — Ozzy Osbourne is “getting better every day” as he continues to recover from his battle against pneumonia – but has had to postpone more tour dates.
The 70-year-old rocker was hospitalised in February after “complications” stemming from his flu diagnoses, and although he’s said he’s on the mend, he will be postponing all of his scheduled 2019 performances in order to make a proper recovery.
In a statement, Ozzy said: “I can’t believe I have to reschedule more tour dates. Words cannot express how frustrated, angry and depressed I am not to be able to tour right now. I’m grateful for the love and support I’m getting from my family, my band, friends and fans, it’s really what’s keeping me going. Just know that I am getting better every day … I will fully recover … I will finish my tour … I will be back!”
The Black Sabbath frontman first postponed dates of his ‘No More Tours 2’ tour when he was hospitalised for an infection in his hand last year.
After honouring those delayed dates, he was then taken to hospital again where he was diagnosed with a severe upper-respiratory infection, which forced him to push back the UK and European leg of his concert series.
Earlier this year, the ‘Crazy Train’ hitmaker landed himself in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) due to complications from the flu, but was released in mid-February to continue his recovery at home.
His wife Sharon Osbourne said at the time: “He’s doing great. He’s out of ICU and he’s doing great. He’s breathing on his own. I just want to say a huge thank you to everybody that has reached out with good wishes. He is overcome by the response that he’s had, and it’s kind of bittersweet because he’s overwhelmed with it, but he’s sad too.”
And Ozzy’s doctors were reportedly “gravely concerned” about his condition.
A source said: “Poor old Ozzy hasn’t had the best of times. He’s been really struggling with flu which turned into bronchitis. Doctors feared he could contract pneumonia which, in a person over 70, can be fatal. This sparked a lot of panic among those closest to him, but doctors reassured everyone he was in the best possible hands. Ozzy’s a fighter, and is getting better day by day. The worst is over, he’s smiling again, and he can’t wait to get up on stage.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Britney Spears’ mother has told fans to “keep going no matter what”, after the singer reportedly checked into a treatment centre.
The 37-year-old star is believed to have entered a mental health centre after becoming “distraught” over her father Jamie Spears’ ongoing health battle, and following the news, her mother Lynne Spears has taken to social media to post a cryptic message about perseverance.
The post read: “Keep going no matter how bad things are right now, no matter how stuck you feel, no matter how many days you’ve spent crying, no matter how many days you’ve spent wishing things were different, no matter how hopeless and depressed you feel – I promise you won’t feel this way forever. Keep going.”
Insiders claimed on Wednesday (03.04.19) that Britney – who has sons Sean, 13, and Jayden, 12, with her ex-husband Kevin Federline – checked herself into the facility about a week ago, and is expected to stay there for 30 days.
In January, she announced she was putting her Vegas run of ‘Britney: Domination’ at the Park MGM resort on hold until further notice due to her dad’s health, which has seen him undergo two major surgeries after his colon ruptured in November.
She wrote at the time: “I don’t even know where to start with this, because this is so tough for me to say. I will not be performing my new show ‘Domination’. I’ve been looking forward to this show and seeing all of you this year, so doing this breaks my heart. However, it’s important to always put your family first… and that’s the decision I had to make. A couple of months ago, my father was hospitalised and almost died. We’re all so grateful that he came out of it alive, but he still has a long road ahead of him.”
Her management said: “Everything is on hold right now until [her father] Jamie is better. But once he is, she will resume working on the album with Justin. Right now, she’s taking some time off to deal with these family issues.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Taraji P. Henson says Jussie Smollett is “doing well”, after criminal charges against him were dropped last month.
The ‘Empire’ star had been facing 16 counts of disorderly conduct following allegations he staged a racist and homophobic attack on himself in January, but after the charges were dropped in March, his co-star Taraji says she’s in constant contact with him, and says he’s bouncing back.
She said: “I talk to Jussie all the time. And he’s doing well. We’re all doing well. The show is doing well. We’re on hiatus right now. The writers are trying to figure out what the next season is going to look like, what our storyline is going to be. They’re trying to drum up some really good juicy stuff for you guys.”
And when asked if Jussie will be returning to ‘Empire’, Taraji insisted he will be resuming his role as musician Jamal Lyon.
She added during an appearance on ‘The View’: “Yes. I haven’t heard anything else. I haven’t heard anything.”
Meanwhile, Taraji recently said she was delighted to see the charges against Jussie dropped, as she now believes the “truth has finally been set free”.
She said: “I’m happy that the truth has finally been set free, because I knew it all along. We’re all happy for him, and thank God the truth prevailed.”
The ‘What Men Want’ star insisted she would have always stood by her on-screen son.
She added: “I’m not going to jump on clickbait just because someone says something derogatory about a person I know and love. I’m not easily swayed like that. Those little clickbait (reports) weren’t enough to deter me from his immaculate track record. I know the type of activism this young man does in his community, I know that he’s a giver – he’s not an attention-seeker.
“When I know someone, there’s nothing you can say to make me flip on them, and that’s what we miss in this world. We need people that stand by us. Whatever happened to that? Why are we so easy to believe strangers over people we know?”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Emilia Clarke almost backed out of sharing her aneurysm story, but “knew it was [her] duty”.
The 32-year-old actress revealed last month she had suffered two life-threatening brain aneurysms after filming wrapped on the first season of ‘Game of Thrones’ – on which she plays Daenerys Targaryen – and has now said she almost decided not to tell her story because she was too frightened, but pushed forward because she wanted to help others.
Speaking to ‘Extra’ at the premiere for ‘Game of Thrones’ eighth and final season on Wednesday (03.04.19), she said: “Two weeks before, I was like, ‘I don’t think I can do it.’
“You just want people to think you can do the job that they gave you cause my God there are 20,000 other women that can do it as well. Yes, we are still fighting that fight, so showing any weakness is frightening.
“I knew that I had to tell this story because I wanted people who are suffering from it to know that this is also what brain injury looks like, and that you can do it. I wanted people to not feel alone if they did. I knew it was my duty, but it’s hard.”
Emilia spoke about her battle in an essay for the New Yorker, where she explained that in February 2011 she was in a workout class when she started feeling “shooting, stabbing, constricting pain” in her head and was rushed to the hospital for a three-hour surgery.
After undergoing surgery to remove the aneurysm, Emilia was told she had a second smaller one on the other side of her head, and by 2013 it had doubled in size and needed to be operated on again.
The beauty eventually recovered from her health scare, and has since set up the charity SameYou – which helps to provide treatment for people recovering from brain injuries and strokes – and has encouraged her fans to share their own recovery stories with the organisation.
Speaking to fans in an Instagram video, she said: “So, you’ve heard my story, and now we would like to hear yours. So please, go to SameYou.org and tell us your recovery story.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kate Hudson says she “deserves a hangover” after giving birth to her third child last year.
The ‘Almost Famous’ actress is set to celebrate her 40th birthday later this month, and has said that since becoming a mother of three – to children Ryder, 14, Bingham, seven, and Rani Rose, six months – she feels like she’s earned a night of partying that will leave her with a “really good hangover” the following morning.
Asked how she plans to spend her birthday, she said: “At this point, I just want to tell everybody, ‘Hey, I’m gonna have a party,’ and then everybody shows up.
“I personally, with having a baby, feel like I deserve a really good hangover. I’ve been so good, I’ve been so busy. I’ve been breastfeeding like crazy and I just want some martinis. I want to sleep in. [That’d be] really nice.”
But despite wanting to unwind from the pressures of motherhood, Kate says she almost cries “every day” from watching her two sons dote on their little sister, who is her first child with boyfriend Danny Fujikawa.
She added: “Seeing the boys with her … I feel like I tear up every day. To see [Ryder] with his sister and to be a real helper and for me to be able to walk away and go, ‘Hey, honey, can you just take the baby?’ And I turn around and I’m like, ‘Oh, my gosh.'”
And the ‘Bride Wars’ star says her family are “so happy”, as although there’s a level of chaos at home, the “energy is calm and loving”.
Speaking on ‘Good Morning America’, Kate said: “I’ve been having babies a long time, let’s put it that way. But it’s good. Everyone’s so happy and I feel, right now … even though it’s chaotic, the energy is calm and loving and peaceful right now and I’m just in a great place.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Celine Dion is sending “all her courage” to Britney Spears, after it was reported she had checked into a mental health facility.
The 37-year-old star is believed to have entered a treatment centre after becoming “distraught” over her father Jamie Spears’ ongoing health battle, and following the news, fellow pop star Celine has offered her support and “inner strength” to the ‘Toxic’ hitmaker.
Speaking to ‘Entertainment Tonight, the 51-year-old star said: “Right now she needs courage, so I’m sending her all my courage, and my inner strength, and my stability, and the love and respect I do have for other artists.”
Celine’s comments come after Britney’s mother Lynne Spears also recently spoke out amid the reports, when she asked fans to “keep going” no matter what may be troubling them.
She wrote on social media: “Keep going no matter how bad things are right now, no matter how stuck you feel, no matter how many days you’ve spent crying, no matter how many days you’ve spent wishing things were different, no matter how hopeless and depressed you feel – I promise you won’t feel this way forever. Keep going.”
Insiders claimed on Wednesday (03.04.19) that Britney – who has sons Sean, 13, and Jayden, 12, with her ex-husband Kevin Federline – checked herself into the facility about a week ago, and is expected to stay there for 30 days.
In January, she announced she was putting her Vegas run of ‘Britney: Domination’ at the Park MGM resort on hold until further notice due to her dad’s health, which has seen him undergo two major surgeries after his colon ruptured in November.
She wrote at the time: “I don’t even know where to start with this, because this is so tough for me to say. I will not be performing my new show ‘Domination’. I’ve been looking forward to this show and seeing all of you this year, so doing this breaks my heart. However, it’s important to always put your family first… and that’s the decision I had to make. A couple of months ago, my father was hospitalised and almost died. We’re all so grateful that he came out of it alive, but he still has a long road ahead of him.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jack Osbourne has allegedly been attacked at a coffee shop.
The ‘Osbournes’ star was allegedly set upon by a stranger in an unprovoked attack at a Los Angeles coffee shop on Wednesday (03.04.19), where he was hit around the head, according to TMZ.
Sources tell the publication that Jack was sitting on a table outside the Studio City store when a man “came out of nowhere” and punched the reality star on the right side of his head.
Jack allegedly got up and threw his coffee at his attacker, who then fled from the scene.
Law enforcement sources claim police were called to the scene and they found the alleged attacker, who struggled with cops and “needed to be tased” before he would calm down.
The suspect has allegedly been arrested for battery and assault, and a representative for Jack tells TMZ he is “doing just fine”.
For Jack, the alleged attack comes just one month after he finalised his divorce from ex-wife Lisa Stelly, with whom he has daughters Andy, three, Pearl, six, and Minnie, 14 months.
The pair split in May last year, after six years of marriage, and confirmed their divorce plans on social media.
They wrote in a joint statement at the time: “Hello! So the news about us separating has probably come as a bit of a shock to everyone. But, we just want to clear the air and share with you what’s going on. So, first and foremost, we absolutely still love each other. Our family is the most important thing in our lives, and we tried everything we could for many years to make this work.
“What’s best for our family right now is that we separate lovingly, and remain best friends who are committed to raising our children together. We had seven beautiful years of being a couple, filled with the most amazing moments and we will be eternally grateful to one another for that. We also have three wonderful children who we cherish more than anything. We are disappointed but feel confident that we will continue to grow our relationship as co-parents and best friends. Lots of love, Jack and Lisa. (sic)”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Angelina Jolie won’t rule out running for office.
The 43-year-old actress-and-director – who is a Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – has no immediate plans to move into politics but she could change her mind in the future.
Asked if she’d become a politician, she said: “Never say never. [But] right now I am looking to others for leadership.”
When it comes to her humanitarian work, the ‘Maleficent’ star – who has Maddox, 17, Pax, 15, Zahara, 14, Shiloh, 12, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 10, with estranged husband Brad Pitt – backs causes that are important to her.
She told People magazine: “I try to speak for what I believe in.”
And Angelina feels “very blessed” that her humanitarian work has introduced her to a number of women she can now call close friends.
She said: “The second UN mission I went on, to Cambodia, I met two women from England and France, Katie and Mimi, who were working with UNHCR. Loung was there as well, and we did a UN and HALO mission.
“We have all been friends ever since, for coming up on twenty years now. I feel very blessed in my work to have the opportunity to meet so many extraordinary people who spend their lives dedicated to others.”
The ‘By the Sea’ filmmaker is particularly proud of the progress her Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) – which she co-founded with British politician William Hague – has made since it was founded in 2012.
She said: “There is now a lot more awareness and discussion and many more countries have made commitments.
“For example, 156 countries have pledged not to include amnesties for rape when they are negotiating peace agreements. It is hard to believe, but peace treaties routinely grant immunity to people who’ve carried out the most disgusting violent crimes against civilians.
“So we have to make sure all those countries live up to that commitment.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Gigi Hadid feels her life is “out of control”.
The 23-year-old model has admitted life in the public eye can be “tough” because she constantly feels people are judging the choices she makes.
She told Variety: ‘It makes me emotional because at times, fame makes you feel out of control of your life. I think it’s tough. Obviously, people judge you.”
One of Gigi’s close friends is Taylor Swift and despite seeing her pal perform dozens of times, she insists going to her concerts “never gets old”.
She said: “This last ‘Reputation’ tour and ‘1989’, I might have gone to 10 shows in each tour.
“But it never gets old, because I think seeing the woman being able to own what she’s been through; stand up, write songs about it, be honest, put her heart out there and through that still be connect to people, that is amazing and it’s empowering.”
The Victoria’s Secret model was a fan of the ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ hitmaker’s music before they met so she thinks it is “amazing” that they are now friends, especially because it’s given her a special insight into Taylor’s lyrics.
She said: “An amazing thing about my friendship with Taylor has been that she is a songwriter that I’ve connected to through my childhood into my adult life and us becoming friends has given me an insight into the mind that creates those lyrics.”
And Gigi – whose father Mohamed is Palestinian and mother Yolanda is Dutch – believes the hard work of immigrants has made America great.
She said: “I saw two people that came from nothing and were given the opportunity to come to this country and be great.
“This country was built off immigrants. It’s great because of immigrants.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kris Jenner wakes up at 4:30AM to prepare for her day “mentally, emotionally and physically”.
The ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ star wakes up early in the morning to exercise, drink coffee and brief herself on what her kids – Kim, Khloe, Kourtney, Kylie, Kendall, and Rob – are up to and the 63-year-old business woman insisted that she “thrives” off her routine.
Speaking her eldest daughter Kourtney, 39, on a video for her new lifestyle website Poosh, she said: “I think it’s whatever gets you through the day.
” I’ll get up at 4:30 or five in the morning and have coffee, check my emails real quick, hop on the treadmill, turn on the news, get caught up with what is going on.
“So I feel like I’ve done my cardio, I’m prepared mentally, emotionally and physically to go and tackle a day. Be informed about what is going on in the world, be informed about what is going on with my kids.
“If I can be on that treadmill for 45 minutes to an hour, that is golden. Do a few weights, hop off, shower, glam, film, you know, it’s like I have this routine in the morning.
“I think as human beings we thrive off routine. I think that routines are very important for people to have.”
The self-proclaimed “momager” went on to explain that it’s also important to have a “wind down” as part of your daily routine and revealed that hers includes drinking alcohol.
She said: “You’ve got to have a wind-down, and mind is a wine-down if you know what I mean”
Kourtney interjected: “It turned into a vodka down. It used to be a wine down, now yours is a vodka down.”
Kris added: “It’s a VD”.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Emilia Clarke recited her Dothraki dialogue when going through her brain aneurysm.
The 32-year-old actress recently revealed that she had to undergo surgery in 2011 and 2013 and has now admitted she “genuinely knew” at the time she was experiencing a major health scare so did everything she could to keep her brain active, including testing her knowledge of the fictional language she uses in ‘Game of Thrones’.
She told talk show host Stephen Colbert: “The easy way of describing it is that it’s the worst headache that a human could possibly manage to experience. It was pretty intense.
“I genuinely knew I was being brain damaged. I don’t know how.
“[I] moved my fingers, toes, my hands, asked myself questions, Dothraki lines. [I was] really trying to force my memory to stay conscious.”
Asked by the presenter how she knew to perform the exercises, she referenced a line from ‘GoT’ and said: “The mind is an extraordinary thing. I just knew that I was … not today.”
Emilia admitted her near-death experience left her feeling “petrified” for some time but eventually came to realise how “lucky” she is to still be alive.
She said: “It made me petrified most of the time.
“I wish I could sit here and say I was just like, ‘Yeah, let’s go jump out of a plane!’ I really wasn’t.
“But then at some point, you start to realise how lucky you are and the perspective that gives you is enormous, and then that is for the rest of your life, you’re lucky, you don’t know how lucky you are.”
In the wake of her health scare, Emilia has helped to set up the charity SameYou, which helps to provide treatment for people recovering from brain injuries and strokes.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Serena Williams has never spent a “day apart” from her daughter.
The 37-year-old tennis star has 19-month-old Olympia with husband Alexis Ohanian and though she admitted it is “not easy” to juggle her busy schedule, she won’t compromise time with her little girl.
She told People magazine: “I’m a super hands-on mom. I am with her every day since she was born. We haven’t spent a day apart.
“Despite my best efforts to be like, ‘Oh, I’ll take her with me’ … It’s been really trying. This is a whole new territory for me.
“It’s definitely not easy, and I’m juggling more than I’m used to. I think the most crazy part is now I’m adding ‘mom’ to that, and that has been really hard.”
Serena has learned a lot about children thanks to her daughter and is bracing herself for Olympia hitting the “terrible twos”.
She said: “My mom just told me that [Olympia] is gonna be in a ‘Terrible Two’ phase and she’s like, ‘It’s gonna be fun for you’ and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, what does that mean?’
“[Olympia] isn’t quite there yet, but she definitely falls on the floor and has fits and she doesn’t understand. I’m learning a lot about kids and it’s really amazing.”
But even if her daughter does go through a phase of tantrums, Serena will “feel sorry” for the tot rather than get angry.
She said: “They’re just kids who can’t really communicate and they don’t know how to — they’re so close and they want you to understand what they’re saying.
“And you don’t get what they’re saying, and then they fall on the ground and they don’t know what else to do.
“I feel sorry for them because I’m like, ‘I’m trying to understand what you’re saying’ and they literally learn our whole language — they learn everything from scratch — and we don’t learn their language, they learn ours.
“It’s a pretty amazing thing to me. I’m learning a lot.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Reba McEntire found love following her divorce “without looking”.
The 64-year-old country singer split with producer Narvel Blackstock in 2015 after 26 years of marriage and though she was completely uninterested in a new romance, she has since fallen for geologist Anthony ‘Skeeter’ Lasuzzo after meeting through friends during a vacation to Jackson Hole, Wyoming in 2017.
In an interview with People magazine, she said: “I was not looking. Not even interested – we just had the best time, and so two nights later, we all went out to dinner, and he bought my dinner.”
When the ‘Does He Love You’ singer returned to Jackson Hole two months later, Skeeter asked her out on a date.
She recalled: “I was there almost a week and we spent every day together.”
The couple have now been together for two years and Reba insisted they’re “totally in love”.
She said: “We’re totally in love — absolutely, I wouldn’t put up with somebody for two years if I wasn’t in love with ’em! The old heart’s still beating.”
The ‘Fancy’ singer says the pair enjoys walking near her partner’s “beautiful home” and immersing themselves “into nature”.
She said: “We do a lot of walking. He lives right there on the lake [Texoma], got a beautiful home. And then when we go to Jackson Hole, we snowshoe and walk and get into nature.”
Reba is also grateful that her boyfriend is able to cope with her fame.
Recalling their first few public outings, she said: “How do you explain my life? How do you explain that some people will run over him to say hi to me?”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jameela Jamil says there’s “hope” after Khloe Kardashian deleted a post promoting a weight-loss drink.
The 33-year-old model previously branded the ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ star “irresponsible” for promoting Flat Tummy Co. meal replacement shakes on her Instagram but the ‘Good Place’ actress is pleased to see the ‘Revenge Body’ host has now removed the post.
Alongside a screenshot of Khloe’s Instagram page, she wrote: “Oh look. Khloe deleted her diet shake post…There is hope after all… (sic)”
Commenting on Khloe’s post earlier this month, Jameela said: “If you’re too irresponsible to: a) own up to the fact that you have a personal trainer, nutritionist, probable chef, and a surgeon to achieve your aesthetic, rather than this laxative product … And b) tell them the side effects of this NON-FDA approved product, that most doctors are saying aren’t healthy.
“Side effects such as: Possible Flat Tummy Tea side effects are cramping, stomach pains, diarrhea and dehydration … Then I guess I have to.
“It’s incredibly awful that this industry bullied you until you became this fixated on your appearance, that’s the media’s fault. But now please don’t put that back into the world, and hurt other girls, the way you have been hurt. You’re a smart woman. Be smarter than this. (sic)”
Earlier this week, the reality star addressed the comments in a New York Times interview and claimed she doesn’t employ a chef and always share her workouts on social media for those who can’t afford a personal trainer.
She said: “Well, listen, I am showing you what to do, silly person, 15 repetitions, three times, here’s the move.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Oti Mabuse finds it “sexy” when her husband “threatens” her ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ partners.
The 28-year-old professional dancer says her “macho man” hubby Marius Lepure warns her celebrity dance partners to “only touch her unless they have to” and confessed he wasn’t too happy when her latest partner Graeme Swann bought her a huge bouquet of flowers.
Speaking on ‘Loose Women’, she said: “He’s a real macho man … he’s always like, ‘Don’t touch my wife unless you have to. Unless you really have to, don’t do it.’
“He’ll give them that firm handshake and I’m like, ‘I see what you’re doing.’
“It’s sexy! When you’re standing there and your husband’s threatening your dance partner you’re like, ‘Yes baby!’
“When he met Graeme – and Graeme is one of my best friends now – but he knew nothing about me and he came with a big bouquet of flowers, and he said, ‘Oh Oti, I’m so excited for our journey.’
“And out of nowhere my husband came in and took this whole bouquet out and said, ‘She’s allergic to flowers.’ ”
The ‘Strictly’ star recently presented ‘The One Show’ and admitted she was so nervous while hosting she put tissues in her armpits in between takes.
She said: “I did ‘The One Show’ and I think I was so nervous every time we went to a VT I had tissues in my armpits.
“I think presenting in itself, you watch it and you guys do such a good job. It’s so difficult.
“While you’re looking at me smiling there’s someone in your ear going, ‘Stop talking.’ ”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Lauren McQueen was “really shocked” to find out she was being killed off in ‘Hollyoaks’.
The 22-year-old star was stunned to discover her alter-ego Lily McQueen will contract sepsis and die suddenly next week, but the actress was able to turn to her real-life friend for advice on the storyline because her pal has recovered from the life-threatening condition, also referred to as blood poisoning, twice.
Speaking about her exit, she said: “I was really shocked, to be honest.
“Lily’s been through so much, and everyone just wants her to have a happy ending. That would have been the easy way to go out of the show, though – I knew this story would be challenging for me, and I wanted to do it justice.
“I’ve got a friend who has recovered from sepsis twice, so she really helped me to understand how it affected her, and gave me a detailed response of how she felt at the time.
“That really helped with the physical side of it”.
Lauren’s time on the Channel 4 soap will come to an end on April 10th in an emotional E4 episode which will see Lily admit herself to a mental health facility, but she will run away before doctors get the chance to tell her she has sepsis.
And the star couldn’t help but get emotional shooting her final scenes.
She added to Inside Soap magazine: “I was in tears reading my final episodes.
“It’s a huge storyline to go out on.”
Lauren recently admitted she hopes the hard-hitting plot will raise awareness of sepsis.
She said: “I was honoured to be given such a huge story that carried a lot of responsibility. Even though it was challenging and emotional I really hope I did it justice and hope it raises a lot of awareness to the audience.
“I hope the storyline makes the audience aware of how serious self-harm is, and that the consequences can be life threatening. Sepsis is actually very common, which many people may not know what the symptoms are, and it’s something that needs to be treated very quickly.
“I hope it opens up a lot of conversations and encourages people to talk and get help if they relate to Lily.”

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