Tiffany Butcher: The Reality Behind Her Insecurities
Tiffany Butcher (or now known as Tiffany Butcher-Baker) has been a character on the well-loved soap opera Eastenders since 2008. Actor Maisie Smith has been playing the character since she was just 7 years old, and so Tiffany Butcher is a long-standing member of the show, with followers of the show who has seen her grow from childhood to adulthood.
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Let’s find out what’s going on recently with Eatstender‘s well-loved Tiffany Butcher. Where are her insecurities coming from? What is going on with her husband Keegan? And what does the show have in store next for her…
Tiffany’s insecurities
Tiffany Butcher (who is now 18 years old) has not had an easy ride on the show and she has been part of major storylines, including a recent story involving increasing insecurity within herself.
Tiffany Butcher tied the knot on the show to her husband Keegan. The teenager is totally loved up and struggling with this new vulnerability. As her husband’s catering business has taken off, his growing success has cast doubts into Tiffany’s mind. She started to wonder whether she is now enough for him.
Facial filler addiction
Heartbreakingly this set her on her journey of cosmetic procedures to try and become more confident in herself. Yet, as she gets more fillers and botox the self-doubt in her mind does not become less. So, her urge to continue along the route of cosmetic surgery is increasing.
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Actor Maisie Smith spoke out about her character’s struggles with body image. She discussed the pressures that teenagers faced today and how hormones, love, societal pressure can all be too much for someone battling with insecurity.
The reality behind the body image struggles
The actor has previously spoken out on Instagram about her own struggles. She confided to fans her insecurities about her own legs being too muscular. Therefore, the star found the storyline particularly relatable. And, something that most women and men unfortunately will resonate with in some way.
Tiffany Butcher actually becomes so obsessed that she goes behind her husband’s back to pay for more facial fillers. However, a turning point will come for Tiffany after she experiences an allergic reaction and finds herself humiliated by a rash that appears on her face.
The turning point for Tiffany Butcher
Actor Maisie Smith discusses the future for her character’s spiraling filler addiction:
“Now she has an infection I don’t think that she’ll want to do it again.
“That was the final straw. She had a lot of people say you don’t need it, you’re absolutely fine, you’re perfect but realistically if you have a problem with yourself like anyone can tell you that you look beautiful but you’re not going to believe it yourself.”
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She informed Digital Spy:
“She’s an 18-year-old, she’s been through a lot as a character and she’s quite insecure about herself. She’s got a lot of pressure on her”
“She’s young, she’s in love, and she’s got a lot of pressure on her as well as being a teenager and being hormonal and experiencing what a normal teenager would experience. But she’s got a lot of insecurities in herself.”
What’s next for Tiffany Butcher…
Spoiler alert!
Actor Maisie Smith reveals what will happen next after the bombshell that Keegan has cheated on his wife.
Actor Maisie Smith talked to The Sun’s TV Mag:
“I think immediately she went to laugh when Vinny told her, because it was just the most unbelievable thing that someone could have told her that one of her close friends, her half-cousin no less, has just slept with her husband and that they all live in the same house!
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“She thought it must be a joke because it was absolutely incomprehensible. I don’t think she really believed it until she asked Keegan and when he said it was true a sudden rage overtook her and she slapped him round the face, which is not like Tiffany.
It is hinted that there may be hope for the couple in the future to slowly rebuild the trust over time. However, over the years the character has had to learn forgiveness as she’s suffered many betrayals in the past. So, perhaps there is a spark of hope for a second chance. But… for Tiffany Butcher and Dotty’s relationship things do not look as positive.
