The 48-year-old actress, who lasted only a week in Elstree after being evicted second, revealed that more people now refer to her by her real name.
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Fergison is best known for playing bubbly EastEnders character Heather Trott. She was written out of the soap earlier this year.
She told the Daily Star: "People shout 'Cheryl' at me now, which is really nice. If people cannot see beyond the fact that I was Heather, then that's their problem.
"Knowing I can stretch my wings and do other projects helped me get over it. It's great I can never go back, because it means I won't be waiting for a knock at the door asking me to return."
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Claiming that she foresaw her Big Brother exit, Fergison added: "I just had this little tingling moment of: 'You know what, it's going to be today'.
"It happens to me all the time. I can guess the weights and sexes of babies. I don't know quite what it is, it's just like a little 'ping' moment."
