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Lisa went on to say dressing up as Mandy has sometimes helped her through days where she has pretended to be OK.
The actress continued: “Some days I can put Mandy’s wig on and put the lashes on, the full make-up and the fabulous clothes, and I can kind of live vicariously through Mandy and that helps me get though the days when, you know, I’m really struggling.
“So, I’m really lucky that I can have that, I say, ‘Oh I’m going to pretend today,’ and pretending is what I’m doing by playing Mandy, but it’s pretending I’m OK when sometimes I’m not.”
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Back in October, Lisa’s character was a shoulder to cry on for her adopted son Vinny (played by Bradley Johnson), following the death of his wife Liv Flaherty (Isobel Steele).
At first, he pushed Mandy and Paddy (Dominic Brunt) away as he struggled to come to terms with her death.
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