Cheryl Baker spoke about the financial impact of the pandemic and how she sells clothes to make ends meet.
The Bucks Fizz hitmaker, 66, has been frank about how she has been hit hard by the pandemic and government regulations, so much so that she grows her own vegetables for food and “struggles to pay for her taxes ”.
Now she is told that her daughters have helped her settle on eBay so that she can search some property in the house.
“Clothes and all kinds of clothes,” she told the Daily Mail, “My daughters do it for me.
“Although I don’t have the proper jewelry, it’s all fake, with my furniture and the paintings on the wall! “
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Cheryl, who won Eurovision with Bucks Fizz in the early 1980s, had previously toured with teammates Mike Nolan and Jay Ashton as breakaway group The Fizz.
But as Covid continues to ravage the live entertainment industry, concerts aren’t an option, Cheryl revealed she took a plunge into her pension to pay off the mortgage.
His teammate Mike offered to help him, as did Dancing On Ice partner Dan Whiston, while fans suggested he set up a round to help him pay the bills.
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“A lot of Fizz fans have been absolutely lovely,” she said, “Some people are so nice. “
Meanwhile, she’s harboring hopes for more reality TV gigs, with her eyes on the big prizes – Strictly Come Dancing and I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here !.
“I would chew my own arms to make I’m A Celeb,” she shared, “And strictly, of course. But they never asked me.
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But as her finances have been hit, the humble Cheryl admits others have gone through it much worse – and that her happy family life means she’s not alone.
“That’s what matters,” she said, “it’s a really happy house. It is worth more than all the riches.
Cheryl and her husband Steve have been married for 29 years and still say “I love you” every day.
“I fight but I succeed,” she concludes, “I cut my fabric accordingly and it’s not so bad. I am not helpless. I fight like so many people – and I’m in a much better position than a lot of them. There is simply no work. ”
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