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How former Coronation Street star Tupele Dorgu beat her sugar addiction
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Tupele would hardly ever drink water before she joined the program“Among my friends and family, I was always known as the one who always wanted a biscuit.
On set I was always asking, ‘Have you got any chocolate?’” laughs the 38-year-old actress, best known for her role as the loud-mouthed machinist Kelly Crabtree in Coronation Street.
But in recent months Tupele, who lives in Manchester with her businessman husband Mark, 46, began to feel her sweet tooth was starting to get out of hand.
“I’d put on a little bit of weight and was finding hard to lose. I just kept putting more on,” she says.
“I was never the type to eat three square meals a day. I substituted lunch with a cake and a coffee.
“I never said, ‘I shouldn’t have that’. I always incorporated sugar wherever I could and it was the thing I looked forward to. I’d always have dessert and I always took cake round to friends’ houses. I hadn’t really addressed what I now know was an addiction.”
Tupele’s dietary habits are by no means unusual. A report by the government agency Public Health England (PHE) published in October announced that as a nation “we are eating too much sugar and it is bad for our health”.
Studies show that having a hig
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Tupele Dorgu Talks Being Legally Blonde!
If I mention the name Tupele Dorgu there is a likelihood you wouldn’t be sure who I was talking about. But mention the name Kelly Crabtree and the curly haired ex-Coronation street alumni actress will spring to mind. Yes, this character is her most famous role to date but Dorgu has successfully worked in television and theatre for over a decade.
Currently exercising the role of Paulette in the popular international musical Legally Blonde, The British Blacklist caught up with the actress to discuss her role and acting career so far…
Tupele you play the part of Paulette, the comical, audacious hair salon owner who is lead character Elle Wood’s closest friend and confidante. In the film version Paulette is played by Jessica Coolidge who is famed for the role. The UK musical has seen both Niki Evans (X Factor) and Jennifer Ellison (Brookside) in the role. How did you prepare yourself to take on this character?
I made sure I gave Paulette a background & history so I understood where she was in her life when we first meet her & how she changes her story. As with a lot of colourful characters, there is much more to her.
What new elements have you brought to the character?
It’s hard for me to
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