{"id":143207,"date":"2023-09-19T15:48:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T15:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=143207"},"modified":"2023-09-19T15:48:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T15:48:14","slug":"soap-star-quits-celebrity-sas-who-dares-wins-as-tvs-toughest-show-returns-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/tv-movies\/soap-star-quits-celebrity-sas-who-dares-wins-as-tvs-toughest-show-returns-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Soap star quits Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins – as TV's toughest show returns | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
SAS: Who Dares Wins has lived up to its reputation as the toughest celeb show on TV – with one of its stars wanting out almost from the start.<\/p>\n
A source has revealed that Hollyoaks star Kirsty-Leigh Porter was the first to bail during the famously tough process.<\/p>\n
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Viewers will have to watch the show – which returns to Channel 4 next week – to see what drove her to leave.<\/p>\n
It means that 34-year-old actress Kirsty could be one of the earliest quitters in the history<\/span> of the long-running series.<\/p>\n Things appeared to be too much for the soap siren to handle, an insider has claimed.<\/p>\n Kirsty was cast on the show in a bid to draw in younger viewers thanks to her appeal on youth-orientated soap Hollyoaks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Sun confirmed that she had agreed to take part in the show last year when filming took place.<\/p>\n A source said that she and The Wanted heartthrob Siva Kaneswaran were top signings by Channel 4 chiefs who were delighted to have them on board.<\/p>\n Speaking at the time, the source revealed: \u201cSiva and Kirsty-Leigh are both sure-fire signings for the next<\/span> instalment of\u00a0SAS: Who Dares Wins.<\/p>\n \u201cKirsty-Leigh became a mum for the first time last year [2021] and is looking to really challenge herself away from\u00a0Hollyoaks."<\/p>\n <\/picture>PIECE OF CAKE <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>DEVASTATING LOSS <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>CORRIE ON! <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>technical issues <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Kirsty is best known for playing Leela Lomax in the Channel 4 soap and joined the show 10 years ago.<\/p>\n Speaking about her time on the show before today's shock revelation, Kirsty said the experience was "absolutely brutal" but wanted to do it again.<\/p>\n Representatives for the show and Kirsty-Leigh have been contacted for comment by The Sun. SAS: Who Dares Wins denied she quit the show.<\/p>\n The actress is joined on the line-up by former Health<\/span> Secretary Matt Hancock as well as Love Island stars Teddy Soares and Montana Brown, singer Michelle Heaton and footballer Jermaine Pennant.<\/p>\nRead More on Celeb SAS<\/span><\/h2>\n
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