Celebrity Big Brother is back on our screens, and we're already excited for the brand new CBB house and the fresh batch of celebrity faces who will keep us all entertained for the next three weeks.
This year housemates include Angellica Bell, Danny Beard, Trisha Goddard and Patsy Palmer, to name a few. You will probably know Patsy from Eastenders, and with several other TV appearances under her belt, she's no stranger to being in the public eye.
In fact, Albert Square fans have already suspected Patsy might be 'ready to go full Bianca' on her Hollywood housemate Mickey Rourke, after spotted her savage 'dirty looks' in the wake of his comments about her cooking. Speaking to his fellow housemates in the bedroom, Mickey asked: 'I think we've got to get Big Brother to work on the food?' As head chef, Patsy replied: 'What you want more food?' and Mickey added: 'No, it's just not that great.' That's one way to cause tension!
Who is Patsy Palmer?
Patsy Palmer is an English actress and DJ. She rose to fame playing Natasha in Grange Hill, before gaining prominence for her portrayal of Bianca Jackson in Eastenders. She has also appeared as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, Comic Relief Does The Apprentice, The Masked Singer, Dancing On Ice and Celebrity Big Brother.
What is Patsy Palmer's real name?
People are only realising now that Patsy Palmer's name isn't actually... Patsy Palmer. Although she's best-known by this name, the TV star's birth name is in fact Julie Anne Harris. Patsy addressed this during an appearance on This Morning in 2019. 'They [fans] don't know me [in America] and I have another name. My name is Julie really, so I thought, 'I'm going to get back to calling myself my real name,' she said. 'But I actually get so confused myself that sometimes I'll say Patsy and sometimes I'll say Julie. So now in Malibu they call me Patsy Julie. Julie Anne Harris was my name, my married name is Julie Merkell.'
How old is Patsy Palmer?
Patsy was born on 26th May 1972, making her 52-years-old.
Is Patsy Palmer married?
Yes, Patsy is married to Richard Merkell, who is her second husband. The pair got married in 2000, and were friends for an incredible fourteen years before they got together. Patsy and Richard renewed their vows in 2012 in a ceremony in the Caribbean.
Patsy previously told The Express that Richard was her 'best friend' and an 'amazing husband.' Patsy has been open about her struggles with drink and drug addiction in the past. 'By my 20s I was bingeing my life away on cocaine, ecstasy, and enough vodka and Laurent Perrier Champagne to quench a small village's thirst for several hours,' she wrote in her autobiography, All Of Me. 'I would be out of my head for two or three days in a row - whole chunks of time were lost. I took so many drugs I'm amazed I survived.'
She credits some of her recovery to Richard. 'He's given me what I’ve always really wanted – a real family,' she said in a previous interview.
Does Patsy Palmer have children?
Yes, Patsy has four children. She shares three children with Ricard, and has one child from her previous marriage to Nick Love. In 2014, the family relocated to Malibu, where they still live. The children were all home-schooled, to give them time to pursue their respective acting and modelling careers.
'They don't really like school anyway, I hated it when I was a kid, so I'm never going to push them,' she previously told i-D magazine. 'They're very creative - I feel like there's a lot more they could be doing outside of school, anyway.' Fenton, her second eldest son, is a successful model signed to The Dragonfly Agency.
Does Patsy Palmer have Instagram?
Yes. You can keep up to date with all things Patsy at @patsypalmerofficial.