‘I HAD TO COME OFF PLENTY OF FISH!'

ACTRESS AND PRESENTER SHERRIEHEWSON OPENS UP TO OK! ABOUT LONELINESS AND GOING UNDIES-FREE DURING THE PANDEMIC AND HOW BEING SENT RUDE PICTURES PUT HER OFF USING A DATING SITE

- RHONA MERCER

Anyone who watched Sherrie Hewson on Loose Women when she was a regular won’t be surprised to know she makes us laugh during our Zoom interview. Whether it’s revealing she didn’t bother wearing pants on some days during lockdown or telling us men sent her very rude pictures after she joined a dating app, she is so entertaining we want to take her to the pub.

But ex-Corrie star Sherrie, who lives alone in Lancashire, also opens up about the pain of losing her brother Brett to a brain tumour and admits she was lonely in the second lockdown.

And this leads the actress, 71, on to telling us about Readly, the digital service she’s promoting that gives you access to 5,000 publications – and something she says would have been a great help on those lonelier days.

Here, Sherrie, who hosts a chat show on Facebook called Wonderbirds, talks about shifting some pounds after overindulging and how she misses Benidorm co-star John Challis – who died of cancer in September, aged 79 – every day…

Hi, Sherrie, you look fabulous!

That’s what filters do for you! My daughter cut and coloured my hair for me. She’s a trained hairdresser. It saves me £90! Thank God for that over lockdown.

Do you live near your daughter and grandkids?

Yes. I see them every day. My grandson Oliver is 15 – he’s going to be a pilot. Molly is 11 and a big horse rider, like me. And Rosie’s two and a half. And she rules the world! Oh, my heart.

Do you help to look after your grandkids?