Joe Swash reveals wife Stacey Solomon’s hilarious Christmas prank that left him red-faced in public
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JOE Swash has revealed he fell victim to a Christmas prank by Stacey Solomon, leaving him in a VERY embarrassing situation. The 42-year-old EastEnders actor, who played the loveable Mickey Miller, returned to Walford for the first time in more than a decade as part of the show’s 40th anniversary celebrations this month.
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Reprising his role 13 years after his last appearance, he found himself in a surprisingly cheeky situation, in a fundraising attempt to save Bridge Street Market. And while Mickey bared all to save the market on-screen, Joe’s also been the butt of jokes around the house off-screen.
![[He let slip a very cheeky prank played on him by wife Stacey Solomon]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/www-instagram-com-p-ddc-958506864.jpg?strip=all&w=768)
He said: “Just today, I woke up and my toenails were painted green and my fingernails painted yellow. “I've been getting petrol, buying stuff and walking around with this luminous green nail polish on my hands.”. Underlining his cheeky side, Joe has been including Jammie Dodgers in Elf On The Shelf stunts as part of the biscuit brand's campaign, to impress the children - but admits Stacey is the creative genius behind the ideas.
![[It came after he stripped naked for calendar shoot in his role as Mickey Miller in EastEnders]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/watch-moment-joe-swash-strips-956228613_c2ae34.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
For one such stunt, a standard size biscuit and a mini one were used to make it appear as if elves had shrunk the popular snack – much to their kid's amazement. He said: “When the kids came into the kitchen in the morning, they were like, ‘oh my god, it’s shrunk. He shrunk the Jammie Dodgers’.
![[Joe's cheeky return to the show came 13 years after his last scene]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/watch-moment-joe-swash-strips-956228612_3647da.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
“Then I banged on the door and was on my knees with my shoes on my knees. ‘Yeah, oh my god, it’s shrunk me’! It was the perfect combination.”. It’s all part of a campaign by the brand to inspire parents to encourage families to be mischievous this Christmas – to inspire them to act their shoe size and not their age.
![[Joe told how Stacey and their kids had painted his nails a luminous green in one prank]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/www-instagram-com-p-ddc-958506865.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
