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Linda Robson breaks silence on Pauline Quirke feud saying it was ‘her choice’ not to be in Birds Of A Feather special
LINDA Robson has broken her silence on her feud with Pauline Quirke saying it was "her choice" not to be in Birds Of A Feather special.
It was recently reported that the pair had fallen out after 50 years of friendship, which resulted in Pauline refusing to take part in the classic sitcom's 30th anniversary show in 2019.
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The Sun's Clemmie Moodie exclusively revealed that Pauline, who had played Sharon Theodopolopodous since 1989, fell out with her castmates after an extraordinary row outside a toilet.
The actress, 61, is no longer speaking to former best pal Linda, who plays Tracey Stubbs, or Dorien Green actress Lesley Joseph following several backstage barneys.
The fall-outs meant Pauline was left out of last year’s Christmas special, and her character was written out as being "stuck on a COVID cruise".
But Linda has made it clear Pauline could have taken part in the highly anticipated Christmas special last year – but she didn't want to.
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Linda, 62, told that the cast and audiences have to "respect" Pauline's "choice" and said it was her former co-star's decision to "focus on her academies".
She explained: "Obviously people miss Pauline, but we have to respect that it was her choice not to do it anymore.
"She wants to concentrate on her academy".
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Linda continued: "When they (the producers) asked us, we were like, ‘Yeah we would still like to do it. We’re not ready to finish.
"I think it worked really well as they did a good script, and we did the best we could with it."
But Linda tellingly left Pauline out of her recent 'favourite girls' Instagram post.
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Pauline was savagely cropped out of a picture shared by Linda last month.
The photo tribute included pictures of the actress with her two daughters, granddaughters, Loose Women panellists and Birds of A Feather co-star Lesley Joseph on Sunday February 14.
The caption read: "A few (but not all 😉) of my favourite gals #Galentine ♥️💕♥️".
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However some of her 130,000 followers noticed that Pauline was missing from the Galentine's Day post and asked for her to share a photo of them together - which she has yet to acknowledge.
One penned: "Can we see one of you and Pauline".
"@lindarobson58 where's Pauline Quirke?" another asked.
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