Emily Atack reveals new barnet after using pliers to ‘rip out’ her extensions and cutting hair with ‘paper scissors’

EMILY Atack today revealed her new short hair do, after telling fans she "ripped out" her extensions with pliers.

The actress, 30, hasn't let lockdown stop her from getting a haircut and showed off her new barnet which she said she trimmed with "paper scissors".

Emily's fans are used to seeing her with long flowing locks, but she took to Instagram to reveal she was fed up with having to maintain them, so decided to chop them off.

Posting a picture of herself with a bob she wrote: "Hacked my extensions out with pliers and used paper scissors to trim it.

"All doing fine over here 😶."

Em later popped out to the shops and showed off her new hair.

She looked happy and relaxed as she walked along a London street dressed in an oversized red coat.

Emily even stopped to take a selfie of her new look.

Meanwhile, the I'm A Celeb stunner recently revealed she's lost an impressive stone while isolating at home.

Emily opened up on her weight loss after she was warned that she would "put on weight" if she continued to make herself delicious meals by a follower.

Hitting back at the comment, Emily wrote: "I’ve lost a stone in the last 3 months because I’m cooking like this and eating cleaner. So you are incorrect."

Last year, the actress revealed she was the happiest she's ever been at 11st and had learnt to embrace her curves.

She told : "I've realised that I'm probably the biggest I've ever been. I weigh 11st.

"I've never weighed 11st, but I'm doing everything I've always wanted to do.

"My life is the best it's ever been, and I get more compliments now than I ever have before.

"I look back at photographs of when I was slimmer, looking a bit gaunt, and I was definitely unhappier."

Emily added that though she receives mean comments about her weight online, she doesn't let them get her down.

The actress, who found fame as Charlotte Hinchcliffe in The Inbetweeners, credited her time in the famous ITV jungle for her new attitude.

She explained: "I'm way more accepting of my body now."

However, lockdown hasn't all been good for Emily, who recently revealed she was suffering from "crushing anxiety" while isolating by herself.

The comedy star admitted that being alone has always been her “number one fear” but it has become a reality during lockdown.

She wrote a candid piece for , and said it has been “three weeks since I have physically touched another human being.”