EastEnders legend Natalie Cassidy popped up on the Loose Women panel this week and was keen to give a dose of the advice she received from Dame Barbara Windsor and June Brown

EastEnders icon Natalie Cassidy was left speechless as Loose Women host Charlene White exposed her “private” conversation live on-air.

Natalie appeared as a guest panelist on the ITV daytime show, and dropped some bombshells about the advice she’d gotten on set from soap stars like Dame Barbara Windsor and June Brown. In an emotional admission, Natalie said: “Barbara, on a professional level, really helped me.

“She was very, very straight talking. She helped me go, ‘You need to be on time, you need to be polite to people, you need to be kind. You need to do your homework and know your lines and just be very grateful for the job’. I’ve taken that on board.”

As the audience applauded, Charlene cut in by saying: “She could be tough with you without saying a word. Like, if you’d had a night out when you were working the next day?” as Natalie retorted: “Thank you for that! It was a private conversation in the green room!”

EastEnders legend Natalie Cassidy told off Loose Women’s Charlene White

Thankfully she managed to laugh it off before revealing the scolding she got from Barbara. She said: “I remember going out with H from Steps one night – it was early 2000s, maybe very late 90s. I came into work and it was in the days when EastEnders stars were on the front of papers, it was a big thing back then.

“I remember walking in and me and H from Steps were on the front of The Sun. I remember walking past and seeing Barbara with a paper. She was like, ‘Morning!’

I was like, ‘I have been out but I am on time!’ but I don’t think I ever did it again! I never went out on a school night ever again.”

She shared the advice soap legend Barbara Windsor gave her

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Charlene chimed in: “It’s keeping you in line without saying a word!” as Natalie confessed Barbara was “amazing”. June Brown, meanwhile, concentrated on giving Natalie acting advice.

“Hers was more about the craft and the acting. She’d always say, ‘darling, that sounds so boring’. She’d say ‘every line is a song. Think about how you say things, don’t be too monotone, and listening is better than reacting.’ I’m so grateful for them.”

Barbara Windsor became an icon of the  telly world – and had some good advice to dish out ( Image:BBC)

Charlene then asked: “I know you don’t like to think of yourself as a soap legend but you absolutely are an EastEnders legend. So in your role, do you give the younger members of the crew nuggets of advice?”

Natalie responded: “They’re so good. They’re better than we were. They’re not out drinking all night, they’re meditating or talking about their sleep. I just tell them what I learned – be kind to people, learn people’s names, know the crew.”