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![]() ![]() "It's not fair, especially on my mum, to be out of the country for six months again. I can't take her away from my family any more. "Lexi's two and hasn't spent a summer in England yet. I can't have my daughter running around in elephant s*** any more," Amanda told the News of the World. Holden took two-year-old Lexi to South Africa with her each time she flew out to film for the programme, but she finally decided that the arrangement was not in the best interest of her daughter. The actress has played Sarah Trevanion on the ITV1 drama since 2006, but viewers will see her make her final appearance in tonight's episode. But it will entertain.Amanda Holden has revealed that she quit Wild At Heart for the sake of her daughter. I am dreading the US version, though I like the idea that Rutger Hauer will play the Afrikkaner, Du Plessis. The episode where everybody comes down with an illness (won't spoil it for you) is genuinely well done and kept me riveted. That makes the story lines a touch more sophisticated than the eye rollers give it credit for. You see, their difficulties parallel of the overall difficulty in assimilating into the African lifestyle. So, I enjoy the emotional region the program explores, and especially the difficulty in having the two families assimilate into one. That makes sentimental pieces invaluable, I think. If we did, we would have no need of therapists, right? And so we denigrate those who explore this psychological ground, using symbols and story lines to tell us something about ourselves. ![]() ![]() They tend to get to the emotional nitty gritty that most of us do not want explored, either in others or ourselves. For some, the sentimental nature of the stories is worthy of a roll of the eyes or feigned disgust. I am a fan of Stephen Thompkinson, ever since first seeing him in Ballykissangel. Second, I like fish-out-of-water stories. ![]()
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