Hollyoaks’ Sarah Jayne Dunn breaks silence after ‘signing up for Celeb Big Brother’ as she reveals nightmare housemate
EX- HOLLYOAKS star Sarah Jayne Dunn has broken her silence after it was revealed that the star is in talks for Celebrity Big Brother.
The actress, 42, is on the list of hopefuls that bosses want for the big relaunch of the reality show next month.
Sarah played Mandy Richardson on the soap for 15 years before she was forced to quit in 2021 after she launched her profile on the adult subscription site OnlyFans.
The TV star said she would bring plenty of “authenticity” to the famous house and would not “play games”.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Sarah said: “I would like to say [I’d bring to the house] authenticity – if I did any show like that I would really hope that I could go in there and just be me,
“A lot of people go on those shows to play games with some sort of tactic, whereas I’d go in and probably cry most days and miss my dog and child.”
The soap star also revealed who her nightmare housemate would be.
“I think the worst housemate would be a politician, I know nothing about politics and I hate that world – it’s so divided, especially with everyone that’s gone on in the UK and is continuing to go on,” she told us.
Sarah continued: “My best [housemate] would probably be someone from a band from the noughties that I can fan girl over.
“There are so many reality TV shows – I’ve always said my dream show is Strictly, that is the one I would like to do.
“Me and Colin [Grafton] are messaging and I’m like ‘get me on Dancing On Ice – I’ve been up for that show before, so who knows.”
Sarah, who has taken part in the new OnlyFans TV series called In Real Life, left Hollyoaks three years ago after joining OnlyFans.
The move sparked a furious backlash from fans who hit out at the soap for sacking the actress ad writing Mandy out.
But now The Sun can revealed that Sarah is in talks to make her TV return on ITV’s Celebrity Big Brother.
A source said: “Sarah would be an amazing signing for the show.
“She’s one of soap’s most recognisable faces and a big personality that fans would really warm to.
“No-one’s put pen to paper yet but the feeling is that she would have a lot to offer the show and could spill all on her time on Hollyoaks and decision to work on OnlyFans.”
The star has taken part in a new six-part series, where fans get an exclusive look into the lives of their favourite OnlyFans creators, including some celebrity household names.
She told us: “It’s given me so much freedom and with that has come empowerment and just being able to be in control of everything myself.
“No other job or no other platform or no other situation has ever offered me this level of creative control and what content I put out.
“With that I think as well the fact that I’m standing my ground and doing something I wanted to do that is right for me and my family, that is really empowering and to be inspiring for other women.
“I’ve got so many women reaching out to me saying the love my confidence and that I’ve done this and that I’m giving them something aspire to.”
Sarah explaiend that she never “left” acting and could return to the profession if she wanted to.
“I never left acting, people sort of go ‘you’ve left acting to do this’, I didn’t – obviously leaving the show was taken out of my hands, that was never my intention.
“Like any actor, when you’re out of work and in between jobs, you’ve got downtime, you’re not an actor anymore, whether you’re working in a corner shop or a factory – it’s means to an end.
“What’s been amazing for me with OnlyFans, it’s put me in a situation where I don’t have to take any job that comes along because we all need money, we’re all paying bills especially at the money through the nose for everything.
“It’s given me control over a situation where I can do jobs if I want to or I can turn them down.
“It’s opened up a world of opportunities in that sense for me.
“I believe in everything for a reason and had this not come about and had that not been the scenario, I would have stayed and I would have probably worked on the show forever and I wasn’t happy there, so for me what happened happened because it needed to.
“It also opened up opportunities to find out who I am and to take a step back from playing different characters and to be like ‘who am I? what do I want? what do I stand for?'”
Sarah said she she holds no grudges with Hollyoaks after she was issued an ultimatum by furious soap bosses.
She added: “I understand their reasons and it is what it is. For me I had zero regrets and I’m glad it worked out the way it did.”
The stunning star said she has been inundated by support from fans – with around 90 per cent positive comments.
“I’ve got my friends and family who have been really supportive since day one and ex-colleagues I haven’t seen for years.
“Wendy Glenn who used to be in Hollyoaks back in the noughties, she actually posted an Instagram of a cover that me and her were on and send me a DM saying what I did was amazing.”
Sarah said she has no plans on quitting OnlyFans anytime soon and said the platform offers many avenues that she can explore.
“I don’t have a cut off point, I still love the platform, I’m two years in and I’m still enjoying making content.
“If I’m happy and enjoying it and it’s not a chore and I have fun with it, then great – I’ll carry on with it as long as I want.
“I do lingerie and bikini shots now but that could change over time. There is nothing to say that in a couple of years time I might take it down a different route, I might start doing pole classes on there.
“There is a whole of opportunities.”
