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The Masked Singer viewers shocked with Patsy Palmer’s Malibu lifestyle and DJ career more than her voice
EASTENDERS star Patsy Palmer took to the stage to sing dressed as a butterfly on The Masked Singer tonight.
But it wasn't her amazing singing voice that shocked viewers - but the fact that she's left the East End for a new life in Malibu.
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And now she's not working as the redheaded 'RICKAAAAY' shouting queen of soap, she's a DJ in LA.
Before heading onto the stage, Patsy was seen hitting the decks in a promo video as the judges tried to guess who the next performer might be.
One viewer tweeted: "The most shocking bit wasn’t that it was Patsy, it was that she lives in Malibu and DJ’s???"
Another added: "I mean, who knew Patsy Palmer lived in Malibu and DJ’d in LA."
A third quipped: "Patsy Palmer is one of my favourite LA DJs."
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Patsy took to the stage tonight behind the mask of Butterfly and belted out Florence and the Machine's version of You've Got The Love.
But after competing against the Duck she was booted out of the competition and was unmasked at the end of the show.
Patsy and her cabbie husband Richard Merkel traded in life in Blighty for Malibu back in 2014.
The red headed beauty, 46, quit acting in 1999 to "spend more time with her family and pursue other projects" and began home schooling her three youngest kids.
The star headed stateside in 2014 with cabbie husband Richard Merkell and turned to DJing in Malibu for fun while son Fenton, 18, and daughter Emilia, 17, worked on their showbiz careers.
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And the family set up quite the inner circle of famous friends in the Californian sunshine through Patsy's passion for empowering women.
Even her brood hang out with the offspring of superstars.
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Fenton is a model signed to The Dragonfly Agency and is rumoured to be dating Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Rinna's daughter Delilah Belle.
While his ex is said to be Cindy Crawford's daughter Kaia, who is good friends with Hollywood royal Kendall Jenner.
Meanwhile, Emilia is also becoming a face on the modelling scene as the LA-based teenagers focus on their careers.
EastEnders legend Patsy said about her kids last year: "They don't really like school anyway, I hated it when I was a kid, so I'm never going to push them.
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"They're very creative - I feel like there's a lot more they could be doing outside of school, anyway."
Instead of school, the kids study classes online so that they can have the flexibility to attend acting lessons and auditions.
Patsy added: "It’s so far to go anyway. If they have a casting in the day it’s going to be hard for them to get there."
Patsy's eldest son Charley Palmer Rothwell - who Patsy had with former boyfriend, boxer Alfie Rothwell - lives back in London and is a rising star on the big screen, having bagged decent roles in iBoy, Dunkirk and opposite Tom Hardy in Legend.
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Despite her recent brief return to the Square, Patsy had admitted in the past that her new LA lifestyle meant she "didn't miss" acting at all.
She added: "I don't miss it one bit. I love talking to women, being around women, women that want to support each other."
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