OHMYGOSSIP — Danniella Westbrook believes she would’ve “ended up dead” if her drug habit hadn’t been “exposed”.
The former ‘EastEnders’ actress – who is to undergo face reconstruction surgery after her bones began to “rot away” due to her osteoporosis and previous cocaine abuse – has admitted the media “saved” her.
Quizzed on whether her drug habits began when she became famous, she told GB News: “They were there, but they weren’t as heightened.
“I didn’t have as much money as I did when I was working on a big show.
“I already had issues, a lot of preconceived issues as well but really the media saved me if anything more than once.
“By putting me all over the papers, by exposing me in a sense because I had to do something with my life, otherwise I would’ve ended up dead.
“For everyone down there’s an up, as they say. For me, just being exposed by everything, you’ve got to look at the positives of it.”
Danniella recently expressed her concerns that she might die during her face reconstruction surgery.
The 48-year-old star – who will have five surgeries at Aintree Hospital in Liverpool – said: “When I was younger I used to love plastic surgery. I had my boobs done six times and thought I was invincible. But now every time I go under anaesthetic I’m praying ‘please let me wake up’.
“When you get older you see the risks for what they are. I know I’m in good hands so I want to be in the best shape I can be before I go in.”