THE Masked Singer’s Natalie Cassidy has revealed the emotional reason her teenage daughter was “embarrassed” by her being Bush.
Natalie, 41, was unmasked as Bush on the ITV1 show on the weekend after managing to fool the entire judging panel.
Natalie Cassidy has revealed why her daughter Eliza was ’embarrassed’ by her being on The Masked Singer[/caption]
But the EastEnders star’s family had already guessed – and her 14-year-old daughter Eliza was mortified.
In a video of Natalie being unmasked as the family watched the show on Saturday night, Eliza could be heard groaning: “I am so embarrassed!”
However, mum-of-two Natalie has now revealed the reason behind her daughter’s embarrassment.
Speaking on her Off The Telly podcast with Joanna Page, Natalie has said Eliza was worried about being branded a ‘liar’ at school.
Natalie admitted: “A lot of the family said, ‘I think it’s you, I know it’s you’. But I just denied, denied, denied.”
Referring to her family reveal video, Joanna said: “You can hear Eliza going in the background, ‘Urgh I’m so embarrassed!’.”
Natalie replied: “Oh I know. Textbook. Typical teen. But once she’d got over that, she was worried about lying to people.
“She said, ‘People at school are not going to believe me because they’ve been asking me and I’ve said no’.
“I said, ‘But you haven’t known, darling. You’re not joking. You haven’t known’.
“So once she’d got her head around that she said, ‘I’m really proud of you, mummy’.”
Natalie, who has quit EastEnders as Sonia Fowler after 32 years, was unmasked in the semi-final of The Masked Singer.
Her character Bush was one of five stars hoping to make it through to the grand final but she missed out at the last hurdle.
Speaking afterwards, Natalie told host Joel Dommett about how she thought Eliza would react.
“It’s been one the best jobs I’ve ever done. Absolutely amazing,” she said.
“My 14-year-old, she’s either going to say, ‘Mum I’m really proud of you’ or ‘This is the most embarrassing thing me for me ever!’”
The following day, Natalie shared the moment her family were finally let in on her Masked Singer secret.
She shared a clip of them all watching the show together before Bush’s head was taken off.
Who has left The Masked Singer 2025 so far?
Much to the delight of telly fans, The Masked Singer is back in 2025.
Twelve celebrities have been hidden behind intricate costumes, with their identities concealed.
Sadly, not all of this year’s whacky and wonderful characters can make it to the end of the show, as there can only be one winner.
Here’s who has been unmasked so far:
Bush – she didn’t fool viewers and the judges were so close, but Bush was in fact EastEnders legend Natalie Cassidy. Davina McCall came closest, guessing Morgana Robinson, who does a mean impression of the Sonia actress
Bear – another success for new judge Maya Jama as she guessed correctly that the singing Bear was none other than singer, songwriter Example – real name Elliot Gleave
Snail – this singer certainly fooled the judges as the mask was lifted to reveal Andrea Corr. Jonathan Ross admitted to being a huge fan of The Corrs
Kingfisher – everyone was convinced this was Harry Hill, but the mask was lifted to reveal artist Sir Grayson Perry, who is known for his alter-ego Claire
Teeth – this character baffled judges and viewers with their changing voice. They were finally unmasked as former Bake Off host Mel Giedroyc. None of the panel managed to guess it was her
Tattoo – despite Davina McCall saying “you sound the same” after this character was unmasked, none of the judges guessed it was 80s singer Carol Decker, whose hit China In Your Hand was a No1 hit for five weeks
Toad In The Hole – a massive diva strop saw the character storm off the stage after the judges voted them off. They later returned to be unmasked as singer Macy Gray
Pegasus – the mythical horse was revealed to be Prue Leith, with judge Jonathan Ross correctly guessing her identity
Spag Bol – this character was first to be unmasked and was none other than Good Morning Britain host Kate Garraway.
Plus there was one extra unmasking this season, with Giant Joel – a caricature of host Joel Dommett – unveiled as double-double Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah.
Natalie’s loved ones were seen screaming at the big reveal and turning to look at her in shock.
As she held her youngest daughter Joanie, eight, on her lap, Natalie laughed when the youngster asked: “How have you done that?”
Natalie wrote alongside the video: “When you think something is really scary and you can’t think of anything worse – but you know it will be fun… DO IT.
“I am not a singer, but I was made to feel like one! I had the most amazing time doing this show.
“I was absolutely petrified, but everyone looked after me and I felt so loved. To see the kids so excited when I was unmasked was the best thing ever. So happy the secret is out!”
Meanwhile, eagle-eyed viewers are convinced EastEnders ‘gave away’ her identity on the show.
The Masked Singer was filmed last summer – around the time Natalie took a break from EastEnders.
Natalie said most of her family had guessed she was Bush[/caption]
The actress said Eliza was worried about being branded a ‘liar’ at school[/caption]
