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Charlotte Church has responded to an old clip of Chris Moyles offering to take her virginity.

In Kathy Burke’s latest Channel 4 documentary, the 58-year-old comedian meets some ordinary people with extraordinary lives and listens to their views on being young today and getting older.

Celebrities including Jennifer Saunders, Bill Bailey, Charlotte and TikTok sensation Francis Bourgeois feature in the upcoming special.

In a preview, Kathy chats to the Welsh singer, 37, about the intense spotlight she experienced before she turned 16.

‘There was this shift where I became fair game,’ she said.

A clip was shown in which DJ Chris, then 28, said ‘you were gonna be 16 and I offered to take your virginity’.

‘I became fair game,’ said Charlotte (Picture: Channel 4)

Chris’ comments sparked complaints (Picture: Channel 4)

Charlotte said: ‘Of course, it wasn’t good. At least it was out in the open. That lads lads lads culture was prominent, it was very simplistic, it was unashamed and it was just out there.

‘Whereas now, it’s somehow become a bit more underground and a bit more dangerous.’

At the time, the Broadcasting Standards Commission upheld the complaint of a listener who said the DJ’s remarks were inappropriate

The BSC Standards Panel said it noted Chris was well known for his near-the-knuckle approach ‘but took the view that the explicit sexual content and humour had exceeded acceptable boundaries for the time of transmission’.

Charlotte rose to fame as an 11-year-old operatic singer, with fans falling for her angelic look and voice (Picture: Getty)

Rising to fame as a young child, Charlotte explained how difficult it was growing up and trying to live up to the public’s image of her as pure and angelic.

She told Life Stories host Kate Garraway: ‘All of the normal ways in which we grow and how puberty happens and how girls become women, was stifled and such.

‘I felt I had to be this other eternally young, innocent, you know, little girl and that’s not where literally biological life was taking me.’

At the age of 16, having spent half a decade in the spotlight, Charlotte was forced to ‘cut the ties’ with her younger self, and her family, to try to experience a normal adolescence.

‘You’ve got to remember and put me in my context, which is like an impressionable young girl and who’s trying to fit in.

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‘So no, there was definitely no conscious rebellion. The only thing I rebelled against was celebrity.

‘My rebellion was: I will be normal.’

She added:‘I will have this life that I’m supposed to have this life of Charlotte and Cardiff with her friends.

‘This whole showbiz nonsense, which is a facade. This isn’t my life.’

Metro.co.uk has reached out to Chris Moyles’ reps for comment.

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