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Kate Lally

EastEnders' Cheryl Fergison credits £7 hobby for huge weight loss

Cheryl Fergison looked a million miles from her EastEnders alter ego Heather Trott as she shared a photo amid her weight loss transformation.

The 57-year-old played Shirley Carter's best friend on the BBC soap from 2007 until 2012. The character was accidentally killed by Ben Mitchell.

In recent months, the former soap star has displayed a slimmed down figure and recently credited roller skating for her incredible transformation, the Daily Star reports.

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Sharing a photo of herself on roller-skates on Instagram, the actress said: "Not been on Roller Skates since I was about 13 years old. I wasn’t a bad skater from 7-13 but then never went again until today … the fear of falling now is real.

"But the fun and exercise is a real feel good factor and so cheap too £5 to Skate and £2 roller boot hire … blooming bargain and such family fun too."

Last year, Cheryl took to social media with a scathing rant as she hit out at airlines for body shaming her. In the video, Cheryl slammed the aircrew on planes for making plus size customers feel embarrassed when they're travelling and begged staff members to "help them out".

Cheryl now has a slimmed down figure (Instagram/Cheryl Fergison)

The mum-of-one said: "The staff seeing that someone might be a little bit larger... you should know your plane by now and know whether somebody needs a [seatbelt extender] so they don't have to buzz for it or do those things that sometimes makes them feel a bit embarrassed.

"When you see somebody who you know won't fit into your plane seats, give them the extra bit of belt as they come on. Help them out, it's not fair. I just think that we are body shaming people so much at the moment. Just help people out and stop flipping well doing this rubbish."

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