EastEnders star Adam Woodyatt got 'horrific rash' from wig as he became drag queen
02.09.2022 - 19:35
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He might be best-known as Ian Beale, but Adam Woodyatt is branching out in a big way since leaving EastEnders. The actor played the fan-favourite character on the BBC soap for a whopping 35 years, but has now swapped Albert Square for the stage as he is set to appear in the theatre revival of My Fair Lady. Adam, who also appeared on last year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! is also taking things in a different direction as he transforms into a drag queen for a new ITV show.
The star is among several celebrity contestants who took art in new series Queens For The Night, which sees celebrities channel their inner drag queens and become the diva they were always meant to be. Adam has now teased fans on what to expect from the series, which should be released in November – and it sounds like a must-watch. Speaking to Christine Lampard on Lorraine, Adam admitted he ‘can’t tell you a great deal’ but explained: ‘They took six of us and turned us into drag queens for the night.
’He added that it ‘took about a second’ for him to say yes to the chance to appear in the show, joking that his agent ‘hadn’t even finished the sentence and I said yes. ’As an advert for the hysterical show played in the background, Adam reflected on dressingup in drag an laughed: ‘I was like Bambi on the heels. ‘But by the end of it I could run upstairs in those things!’The footwear wasn’t the only issue however as Adam revealed he got ‘ahorrific rash from the wig’ on his head, suggesting he perhaps had an allergy.
And as if things couldn’t get any more painful, Adam added that after wearing the heels, for the next 24 hours his big toe was ‘completely numb. ’‘You could have amputated it and I wouldn’t have felt it. ’Despite everything though, Adam
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