Claire Richards was recently unveiled as Knitting on Masked Singer (Picture: ITV)
Steps star Claire Richards is Stomp-ing out on her own after confirming the pop legends are stepping down for a bit.
In an interview with Guilty Pleasures, the What The Future Holds singer shared her solo plans.
Since their initial split in the early noughties Steps have reformed three times, most recently in 2017, and last September topped the UK album charts with their Platinum Collection.
‘I’m working on an album, so hopefully that’ll be out at some point this year,’ said Claire, 45, who was unveiled as Knitting on The Masked Singer at the weekend.
‘I’m doing gigs on my own all summer. Steps is having a break at the moment. This year’s definitely a year for us all to be doing stuff.
‘We released four albums in five years, and with Covid and the tour and everything, I think we all needed a break, a bit of time to gather ourselves again.
‘Then, when we come back together, it makes it exciting.
‘It can get old very quickly when there’s too much of it. We worked really hard in the last five years or so. It’s open-ended, but I have no doubt that we will be back at some point.’
After pulling the wool over our eyes as Knitting, the mum-of-two admitted the costume she wore on ITV’s mystery celebrity singing contest was an absolute knit-mare.
‘It was quite heavy, and it was so hot… I had ice packs tucked in my bra,’ she laughed, adding she came close to fainting at one stage.
‘We’d done a group number, and they said, “Right, we’re gonna go straight again”.
‘I was like, “There’s no way, I’m going to pass out!” I had to waddle off the stage and have a head break!’
MORE : The Masked Singer unveils Claire Richards from Steps as Knitting
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‘Steps is having a break at the moment… I think we all need a break.’
