EASTENDERS actress Maisie Smith has issued a warning to expectant parents planning to give their child the same name as her.
The 22-year-old recently found herself in three awkward conversations when people she was introducing herself to thought she was saying something totally different.
Taking to TikTok, Maisie spilled the details of the “embarrassing” conversations, joking that it has “tipped her over the edge”.
“If anyone is thinking of calling their child Maisie, here’s just something to consider,” she started.
“Don’t get me wrong, I do love my name. I think it’s very cute.
“However, I was at an event recently and something happened not once, not twice, but three times.”
She prefaced the story by admitting “it was very loud in there” and she was surrounded by “lots of new people”.
But when Maisie approached people to introduce herself, she was met with an unexpected response.
She claims to have said: “I’m Maisie”, to which the new people replied: “Thank you so much.”
They had thought that the Eastenders actress was telling them: “You look amazing.”
“The first time, I brushed it off,” Maisie said.
“After the third time I was like, what am I supposed to do in that situation?
“Like, I’m not gonna correct them and say I didn’t say that because that’s just embarrassing for both of us.”
She urged expectant mums to “just remember that when you’re thinking of baby names”.
Maisie, who is in a relationship with The Wanted singer Max George, 35, also described herself as “antisocial”.
The couple got together in summer after 2022 after a two-year friendship that began on the 2020 series of Strictly Come Dancing.
They realised they’d fallen for each other during a cast and crew holiday to Portugal.
The 13-year age gap has often proved a talking point, but Maisie revealed to Fabulous last year that she’s too loved up to care.
“If it wasn’t that, it would be something else,” she shared in an exclusive interview.
“People don’t understand what goes on behind closed doors in a relationship.
“I don’t notice the age difference and neither do my friends or family.”
