Outnumbered star admits they’re ‘scared’ as they start normal job just weeks after Christmas special

BBC sitcom Outnumbered aired its Christmas peculiar successful December, but 1 of its stars is present stepping retired from the satellite of TV to clasp a much 'normal' career.

Actress Ramona Marquez, who plays Karen successful the agelong moving BBC sitcom, has discontinue acting to alternatively prosecute a vocation arsenic a tattoo artist.

Speaking connected TikTok, the 23-year-old revealed she's finished her her archetypal week arsenic a nonrecreational tattooist astatine El Museo Studio successful southbound London.

Adding clips of herself astatine work, including immoderate of her archetypal tattoo designs and moving connected a lawsuit Ramona revealed she was 'nervous' for her caller career.

She captioned the clip: "Beginning of the week I was truthful acceptable but besides a small tense naturally."

She continued: "So arrogant of myself for doing it contempt being frightened AF and having to woody with terrible ADHD that makes things truthful overmuch harder.

"Trying to punctual myself that due to the fact that of my ADHD I whitethorn marque mistakes with timings and bookings but that is retired of my power and it’s okay. It doesn’t mean I can’t oregon shouldn’t beryllium doing it."

She's been supported by fans who person praised her for the caller vocation determination and her work, arsenic 1 wrote: "How bash I publication due to the fact that I genuinely deliberation it would beryllium an honour to beryllium tattooed by you."

Another added: "You made my childhood! And present arsenic an big I tin get tattooed by you!!!"

"Such a immense step, and you smashed it! It’s lone up from here," said a third.

A 4th posted: "You’re truthful bully omg particularly considering it’s your archetypal week with clients."

Outnumbered aired its Christmas peculiar successful December, yet the festive occurrence wasn't arsenic good received arsenic the BBC mightiness person hoped.

Viewers branded the Christmas occurrence arsenic 'depressing' and 'bleak', arsenic the occurrence touched upon parenthood and unwellness with its crab storyline.

Speaking astir the negativity, Ramona wrote connected her Instagram Story: "Thank you for each your benignant messages it means truthful overmuch to maine … idiosyncratic said determination was a batch of negativity implicit connected twitter and that made maine bittersweet :( So convey you for the emotion and support."

Co-creator Guy Jenkin explained astatine a Q&A that the storyline was intended to assistance viewers dealing with cancer, and to assistance marque them consciousness little alone.

The Metro reported Guy said: "There’s inactive a stigma attached to the connection cancer, and we conscionable wanted to amusement however very, precise mean it is, arsenic good arsenic however the Brockmans dealt with it with warmth, love, and particularly humour, due to the fact that that’s a precise British mode of dealing with that benignant of stuff."

Outnumbered archetypal aired for 5 bid from 2007 until 2014 connected BBC One.

It was aboriginal revived for a Christmas peculiar connected Boxing Day 2016, which attracted an mean of 7 cardinal viewers.