Natalie Appleton acknowledged to Fawn that she insisted on a few revisions before settling on her outfit for The Masked Singer.
The All Saints singer was revealed in the final of the iconic ITV singing competition, which saw Charlie Simpson win as Rhino, and she confessed she wanted to put some of her own personality into the role, which had been developed for a previous series.
‘First, they suggested to me I could select a costume,’ she recalled on Monday’s programme of This Morning. I had some ideas, and then they discovered that there were four unallocated roles from the performance, and Fawn was one of them.
‘But she was wearing a dress, with knee length boots and I kind of thought… it looks just like my dog, but is it possible to put her trousers or jumpers?’
She added: ‘They did that, they changed the dress.’
The 49-year-old singer adores the programme, although she had reservations about doing it at first, which were immediately dispelled by her husband Liam Howlett and their 18-year-old son Ace.
‘We were having a break and I got an email saying, “Would you like to do The Masked Singer?” I was like, it’s one of my favourite shows, I’d love to but I don’t know if I can do this,’ she admitted.
‘I spoke to my husband and I spoke to my son and they said, “Do it, it’s what you do! You love to sing, do it!” Yeah, I did it!’
She didn’t inform her 30-year-old daughter Rachel, whom she had with ex Carl Robinson, because she wanted it to be a nice’surprise,’ even though she was sceptical.
‘No, it was a surprise because it’s her favourite show as well! So I thought it was a little gift to her,’ Natalie explained. ‘She was very suspicious, she cried when she heard the first performance.
‘”Mum, someone sounds just like you mum. everyone’s saying it’s you but I know you would’ve told me, mum!” She had her suspicions.’
She didn’t inform her 30-year-old daughter Rachel, whom she had with ex Carl Robinson, because she wanted it to be a nice’surprise,’ even though she was sceptical. Meanwhile, the singer tried to figure out who some of her fellow superstars were under their masks, but she ‘didn’t recognise anybody’.
‘So, there was one soundcheck we did, it was a camera rehearsal for the big group performance. We had our hoodies on, “Don’t speak to me” and our masks on, but I was looking at everyone’s trousers and shoes,’ she admitted.
‘I was thinking, “Jacket Potato’s wearing the nicest shoes I’ve ever seen, he has got taste!” I was thinking, “Do I recognise those trainers, legs?” Nobody. I didn’t recognise anybody.’
This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV.
Source My Celebrity Life.