Nadine Coyle has said that she was approached to star in ITV's The Masked Singer, but decided against it for one specific reason.
In the end, Nadine's former Girls Aloud bandmate Nicola Roberts was crowned the champion of the series, but perhaps it could have all been so different if the former had accepted the offer.
In conversation with OK! magazine, Nadine explained that the series felt "too close" to what she already does.
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"I didn't see the show but I recognised her voice on an advert, so I knew it was her," she said of Nicola's involvement.
"They did ask me to be on the show but I said no. It felt a bit too close to what I already do for a living. But it's such a fun and great concept!"
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While we would have loved to see the I'm a Celebrity star don one of the outlandish costumes, it means we probably would have missed out on Nicola's Queen Bee, so it all worked out for the best.
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Elsewhere in the interview, Nadine was quizzed on her relationship with the Girls Aloud gang.
"Cheryl emailed me recently and I bumped into Kimberley [Walsh] a few weeks ago as well, which was lovely," she replied.
"I haven't seen Sarah [Harding] or Nicola in a long time, but everything remains very cordial. We're not best mates, it's just the way it's always been.
"I'm very close to a lot of people from my time in the band, like our hair and make-up people and the dancers, but you gravitate towards the people that you have stuff in common with."
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