EASTENDERS star Cliff Parisi was forced to have his appendix removed after faking a stomach ache.
The London-born star said he had tried to bunk off school and he did such a good job of pretending to be sick that his worried mum immediately called an ambulance.
Cliff, 61, told presenter Alan Titshmarsh on ITV’s Spring Into Summer: “It was my first ever acting role and I went over the top as usual.
“I did my school in the morning and I didn’t want to go back in the afternoon because I’d come home for lunch, you see. And it was autumn and there was loads of crispy leaves and frost and I didn’t wanna go through that in my shorts again.
“I pretended I had a stomach ache, my mother ran out of the house and went to the phone box which was quite a long way away to phone an ambulance because I’d gone way over the top.”
Cliff didn’t have a chance to tell his mum he had lied – because the ambulance turned up before she got home.
The Call The Midwife star added: “I was taken off for my appendix to be removed. There was nothing wrong with me at all.”
After listening to his story, a stunned Alan replied: “Good acting though! Stood you in good stead.”
And Cliff quipped: ‘Yeah, I never did that again though.”
Cliff is best known for playing mechanic Minty Peterson in Albert Square.
After being recommended by friend and legendary actor Steve McFadden, who plays Phil Mitchell, Parisi auditioned for the role of Minty Peterson in EastEnders and it has since become his most famous role.
He joined the soap in 2002 and departed Albert Square in 2010.
Cliff joined I’m A Celebrity alongside Corrie star Andrew Whyment, who plays Kirk Sutherland towards the end of the first week of the 2019 series.
He was voted off the jungle on December 2, which made him the third celebrity to be evicted.
He now plays the character of Fred in Call The Midwife, a role he has assumed since 2012.
The actor is married to BBC producer Tara Wyer and has five children, two with Tara and three from previous relationships.
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