EXCLUSIVE: EastEnders legend Nina Wadia has confessed that she was forced to turn down a fan who asked to have a photo while she was giving birth to her son Aidan
Telly star Nina Wadia has stated that she was asked for a selfie while giving birth.
A frantic fan approached the ex-EastEnders actress, 54, when she was giving birth to her son Aidan.
And the unusual request surprised her.
“The strangest place I’ve been recognized was when I was giving birth,” she told the Daily Star.
“They requested a selfie. It was a strange coincidence. It had an odd feeling about it. It was an uncommon time to inquire.
“It’s not a good thing to happen when you’re mid-delivery!”
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She added: “My response was, ‘How about not now… maybe after’.”
Nina normally loves being recognised by fans.
The mum-of-two is best known for playing Zainab Masood on EastEnders.
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Over the years she’s starred on classic comedies Goodness Gracious Me and Still Open All Hours.
She said: “I get recognised from EastEnders all the time.
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“I love that the character was that special to people.
“It means something to me. I’m very happy about that.”
Nina is in good company though, as a number of other famous faces have been asked for selfies at very awkward moments.
One Direction star Niall Horan even confessed he was once asked for a photo with a fan while he was having a wee.
“That’s not even weird to me now. That’s how often it happens. Football games… [my] w***y’ is out… [I have to say], ‘Maybe outside’,” he said while speaking on The Jonathan Ross Show previously.
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