In New Year's Day's controversial episode, her character Roxy Mitchell drowned in a swimming pool with her sister Ronnie (played by Samantha Womack, 46). The I'm A Celeb star confessed she didn't want her character to be slayed because she had played her for 10 years. She told Good Morning Britain: "Obviously it’s no secret we were gutted to leave, because we loved our characters. The BBC offered an alternative version for fans which saw sister Ronnie survive and find Roxy's corpse on a pool table in a clip seen on the official Snapchat account. Rita shared the great lengths she went to while shooting the dark scenes for the soap.

Source: Daily Mirror October 30, 2019 16:07 UTC