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Lucy Needham & Aaron Morris

The Masked Singer's Stephen Hendry fined over ITV performances by snooker bosses

Snooker star Stephen Hendry has admitted he has been fined by billiards bosses after pulling out of events to film for The Masked Singer.

The 54-year-old Scot - who is a coveted former world champion of the game - was unveiled as the character Rubbish at the weekend on the popular ITV singing show.

And after being 'outed' on the series, Stephen has opened up about the lengths he went to in order to remain anonymous throughout - including pulling out of a number of snooker events, leading him to being slapped with costly fines.

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