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Anita Dobson says she’ll never do panto again(Image: AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p>\nAnita Dobson has opened up on her marriage to Queen guitarist Sir Brian May, admitting that she is ‘OK with or without’ her husband as she addressed an ‘unseemly’ issue<\/p>\n
Robin Cottle Assistant Editor Trendswatch<\/p>\n
13:22, 05 Nov 2025<\/p>\n
Anita Dobson says she’ll never do panto again(Image: AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Actress Anita Dobson<\/a> has candidly revealed that she’s content “even with or without” her husband Sir Brian May<\/a>, and confessed there’s one job she’ll never do again.<\/p>\n The 76 year old first rose to fame as pub landlady Angie Watts in EastEnders<\/a>, but she’s also a well-known figure on the stage, having appeared in pantomime over 20 times throughout her illustrious career.<\/p>\n With the festive season fast approaching, Anita has declared that she won’t be returning to panto, stating that money isn’t a concern in the Dobson-May household.<\/a><\/p>\n In an interview with Radio Times, she expressed: “Even with or without my Brian (May), I’m OK. I’m obviously really OK with him.<\/p>\n “I can’t put that crown on again and scream my tits off for 12 shows a week for five weeks. It’s unseemly isn’t it. And it’s just too exhausting for a 76-year-old woman,” reports the Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n Anita’s panto repertoire includes eight performances in Snow<\/a> White, seven in Aladdin, four in Dick Whittington and two in Sleeping Beauty, not to mention her role in Babes in the Wood.<\/p>\n She met her husband, Queen guitarist Sir Brian, back in 1986 while he was still married to his first wife.<\/p>\n Anita served as the muse for his hit song ‘I Want It All’ in 1989, before they tied the knot in 2000. The loved-up pair are set to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary later this month.<\/p>\n Recently, she opened up about their long and blissful marriage. Reflecting on their relationship, she described Brian asking her to move in with him and their wedding day<\/a> as “two of the most pivotal moments” of her life.<\/p>\n Anita opened up to Yours magazine, saying: “That’s not to say that everything’s been smooth sailing every day – there’s no magic potion for a perfect marriage.<\/p>\n “It can be hard work. Even though Brian’s the love of my life and he’s absolutely adorable, it’s not easy and we have to work at it.<\/p>\n “I’ve had to give up a little bit of my independence, but because Brian loves me, he allows me to be me and that’s the trick.”<\/p>\n In addition to her successful career on screen and stage, Anita also graced the Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> dance floor in 2011.<\/p>\n She was paired with Robin Windsor<\/a> and was the eighth celebrity to be sent home. Despite her commendable performance, Anita, who was then 62, revealed she repeatedly declined BBC<\/a> executives’ offers to join the show as she was “scared of making a fool” of herself.<\/p>\n Speaking to the Radio Times, Anita shared: “The third time they asked me to do Strictly, my best friend said to me: ‘You love dancing, why do you keep saying no?’<\/p>\n “I replied: ‘I suppose I’m a bit scared of making a fool of myself.’ And she said: ‘At 62, do you care?’ And in that moment, I realised I didn’t.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anita Dobson has opened up on her marriage to Queen guitarist Sir Brian May, admitting that she is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[44267,243,22317,1005,6491,1078,96,2413,5780,23148,102878,1040,2534,1598,27012,56,54,55,61627],"class_list":{"0":"post-245629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-anita-dobson","9":"tag-bbc","10":"tag-boobs","11":"tag-brian-may","12":"tag-celebrities","13":"tag-eastenders","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-love","16":"tag-marriage","17":"tag-pantomimes","18":"tag-robin-windsor","19":"tag-snow","20":"tag-soap-operas","21":"tag-strictly-come-dancing","22":"tag-talent-shows","23":"tag-uk","24":"tag-united-kingdom","25":"tag-unitedkingdom","26":"tag-wedding-day"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245629","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=245629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Sir](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0_Sir-Brian-May-and-Anita-Dobson.jpg\")
Sir Brian May and Anita Dobson have been married for 25 years(Image: Dave J Hogan\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n![\"Sir](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762361170_145_0_Sir-Brian-May-and-Anita-Dobson.jpg\")
Anita Dobson says she will be ‘OK with or without’ Brian May(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n