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Gogglebox star Sophie Sandiford vows to keep smiling despite losing Debenhams job

Googlebox star Sophie Sandiford said she will keep smiling, despite losing her job at department store Debenhams.

TV favourite Sophie is just one of the thousands of people who work at the chain, which went into liquidation yesterday.

Sophie headed to work today as shops re-opened across England and she shared a poignant photo on her social media.

Sophie stood with a colleague at Debenhams as they both held their hands up in the air and wore masks.

She captioned the photo: "We might be going but we are going with a smile #debenhams "

And her followers rushed to offer their support as she shared the sad news.

smellyemi22 said: "Oh no thinking of you all out there."

Kirstylou86 said: "So sorry for everyone being made redundant."

em73 said: "Smash it Soph."

Earlier this year Sophie broke down on Gogglebox when Boris Johnson announced the second coronavirus lockdown.

Sophie began to cry, saying the situation was "s*** for everyone" and expressing concern over people's jobs.

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Brother Pete reached out to comfort her and said: "Don't cry kid, you'll set me off."

Viewers sent her lots of messages of support following her breakdown

And later that evening following everyone's concern Sophie tweeted saying: "Thank you so much for all the lovely messages tonight... it’s a tough time for everyone but we’ve all just got to hang in there sending love to everyone, better days are coming."

*Gogglebox continues at 9pm on Channel 4 on Friday

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