“I used to love taking off my gear for glamor shots — now I’m a mom I don’t know,” says Carley Stenson
Dancing on Ice star Carley Stenson regularly posed in sexy lingerie for racy calendar photoshoots during her time at Hollyoaks.
And it’s something the 40-year-old brand new mother, who played the mischievous Steph Cunningham in the Channel 4 soap from 2000 to 2011, remembers fondly.
She told The Sun on Sunday: “It was liberating to be confident as a woman of 20 or so.
“I have those pictures to look back on and enjoy.
“It was always something I did back then, knowing that hopefully one day I’d be an old grandma and say, ‘Oh, look at me then.’
“I was young and free-spirited. I felt good about myself. I actually didn’t think too much about it. Just me and my girls got all dolled up and had a good time. I basically just embraced my youth and my freedom.
Carley, who has year-old daughter Skye with her husband, fellow former Hollyoaks star Danny Mac, added: “Now that I’m a mum I don’t know how to take anything off.
“I just think your attitude changes as you get older — especially when you’re a mother.
“However, I’m all for body confidence and women feeling great.
“I would never say no to a shoot like that, I would feel comfortable.”