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Yvonne Connolly opens up about daughter’s upcoming appearance on HUGE talent show in the UK

The Boyzone star's daughter is very talented

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Yvonne Connolly has opened up about her daughter, Missy’s, upcoming appearance on The Voice UK.

Despite Yvonne’s hopes that her kids wouldn’t go into show business, the former model has spoken out about her daughter’s audition for the ITV talent series.

Speaking to the Herald, Yvonne said, “I went over with her. I was kind of nervous because so much goes on before the actual audition. There was a lot involved, but it is a great experience.”

She went on to explain, “Whatever Missy wants to do, I do. For years she was acting in the Gaiety Theatre doing lessons and I wouldn’t let her audition. I didn’t want the kids going into show business.”

 

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“If they want to do it when they’re older, then they absolutely can but I want them to be old enough to make their own decisions.

“Then I remember we went to LA years ago and she did this course which was like a Lee Strasberg course – which is a very famous school out there – and they put on a show and we went to see it.

“I just went ‘oh God’ – she was great and she came alive on stage. So we came back to Dublin and I just said, ‘Knock yourself out’. She did and a few auditions later she got a lead in a movie, and she loves it,” she said.

“For some people, it is a real outlet and it’s like a therapy. It is fantastic for her.”

 

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“I think she will ultimately always go back to acting. I think singing is something she enjoys, so did I encourage her? Yeah. I was like ‘follow your dreams’ but I have a funny feeling when she does her Leaving Cert, she will go back to acting,” she continued.

While Yvonne is fully supporting her daughter’s ambitions, she stressed how important it is for parents to chaperone their children, after hearing “horror stories” from other parents of young actors.

“Well, we never hit Hollywood – yet,” she said. “Nothing really happened to us but we worked with other kids on set whose parents had some horror stories and they had been in Hollywood. I think it is important for a parent to be there.”

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