I was doing a lot of presenting when they were young, so they assumed that all mums were on telly. They didn't know any better until they went to primary school, aged four. They came home and said to me, 'Mummy, you lied to us. We know your real name is Cheryl Baker!' I said, 'No, my real name is Rita!' which it is. I then had to explain it all to them.
They didn't know anything about Bucks Fizz because I didn't ever sit down and say, 'Look, this is what Mummy did "The tw were shoc when o in the 80s. I had to skirts cam go through the whole thing, and show them videos and interviews.
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