{"id":216478,"date":"2025-10-21T22:45:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T22:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/216478\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T22:45:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T22:45:14","slug":"daisy-may-cooper-rules-out-this-country-return-for-two-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/216478\/","title":{"rendered":"Daisy May Cooper rules out This Country return for two reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  She and her brother, Charlie Cooper, wrote the mockumentary based on their own experiences of growing up in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The show ran for three series with the real-life siblings playing cousins Kerry and Lee &#8220;Kurtan&#8221; Mucklowe, living in a fictional and unnamed Cotswolds town.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This Country, which was filmed in the village of Northleach just over the Oxfordshire border, last aired on BBC Three in 2020.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25559062.bake-off-star-mary-berry-gives-update-husbands-health-scare\/?ref=ed_recent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bake Off star Mary Berry gives update after husband&#8217;s health scare<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Daisy May Cooper has undergone a weight loss transformation.(Image: Simon Pizzey Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Despite its popularity, series creator and star Ms May Cooper has ruled out making a return to the show as Kerry.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Speaking to Radio Times, she said she is working on a new project with her brother, but gave two reasons why This Country cannot return.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It&#8217;s early days, but we&#8217;re working on something unscripted,&#8221; revealed the 39-year-old.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We can&#8217;t do This Country, though, because I&#8217;ve lost so much weight and I&#8217;ve had my lips done.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We&#8217;d have to say that Kerry&#8217;s had a tapeworm and been stung by a bee.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25560380.richard-osman-calls-jeremy-clarkson-coward-surprise-outburst\/?ref=ed_recent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Richard Osman calls Jeremy Clarkson &#8216;coward&#8217; in surprise outburst<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    Be the first to know with Oxford Mail! \ud83d\udcf1<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 Our flash sale brings the latest local happenings directly to you. Take advantage of our exclusive offer of over 40 per cent off an annual subscription.<br \/>Your community&#8217;s stories await. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpecialOffer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#SpecialOffer<\/a> \ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eP825WLl9z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/eP825WLl9z<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uFugf53nGk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/uFugf53nGk<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    \u2014 Oxford Mail (@TheOxfordMail) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheOxfordMail\/status\/1972936850852757613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 30, 2025<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n  Ms May Cooper added that after her dramatic weight loss journey over the last two years, she has been sent messages telling he she is &#8220;no longer funny&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Responding to this on the BBC podcast How To Be In The Spotlight: &#8220;I&#8217;m so for body positivity, but when I was at my biggest, I was at my most miserable and I had a massive food addiction.&#8217;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I wasn&#8217;t healthy. I couldn&#8217;t breathe when I was walking up the stairs. I was so unhappy.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;And I&#8217;ve had some messages like, &#8220;Well, now you&#8217;ve lost the weight, you&#8217;re not funny any more.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She and her brother, Charlie Cooper, wrote the mockumentary based on their own experiences of growing up in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-216478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}