Denise Welch admits 'mistakes' on Celebrity Big Brother

 
10 April 2012
The Weekender

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Celebrity Big Brother winner Denise Welch said today her children were unruffled by her flashing antics during her stint on the show.

The actress was seen to strip off while drunk and romp in a hot tub topless during the Channel Five series, as well as trying to pull down a housemate's pyjama bottoms.

She admitted she made a few "mistakes" as she appeared on ITV1's Loose Women, for which she is a regular host.

But the mother-of-two - married to actor Tim Healy - said her family shrugged off her displays of flesh.

"To be honest, both my children said 'mummy, we'd have been more bothered if you'd been horrible to someone in there'," she said.

The 53-year-old joked: "I just don't think the nation should be deprived of my natural assets."

However she said if she were to relive the CBB experience, she "probably wouldn't" have jumped into the hot tub without her top.

"That wasn't my best moment, I have to say," Welch said.

She reassured viewers that she has not got "compulsive flashing disorder", and said it was no secret she liked to drink.

"We all know I like a sherry, I've never made any bones about that," Welch admitted.

She conceded that she went too far during Big Brother when she grabbed at Playboy model Karissa Shannon's pyjamas and tried to tug them down.

She said she had misread how close they were, adding: "I made some mistakes and I apologised for them."

Welch said her behaviour has not had an impact on her relationship with her husband, who celebrated his 60th birthday yesterday.

"Everything's fine at home," she said.

But she said she was not keen to see housemate Michael Madsen ever again, following an abrasive three weeks together.

"If I never see Michael Madsen's face again in my life, it will be too soon," she said.

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