Former EastEnders star Danniella Westbrook has been inundated with support from everyone from Alan Carr to her devoted fans after posting a gorgeous new photo of herself, which she vowed was published without a filter. Referring to her battle with addiction over the years, including a cocaine habit which left her septum damaged, she wrote on Instagram: “90 days early days but it’s never too late to change your life. (sic)
“If you are struggling with addiction or alcoholism please get to a meeting. We can and do recover.” Her makeup artist Zoe James had posted a slightly zoomed-out version of the same photo earlier in the day, revealing that Danniella was about to take part in an “exciting podcast”.
“Love our catch up and glams! Busy 2024!” she exclaimed, hashtagging the makeup brand Too Faced. In turn, Danniella wrote in the comments: “Love my new look… maybe 50 isn’t too bad.”
She continued: “[Zoe] has given me a whole new look… I now feel a whole new grown up.” @leanne_duffy wrote: “You look fantastic. Please be as kind to yourself as you are to others, and you also reach out if you are finding yourself in a dark place. To you and others needing to hear this, addiction can be something you live with, not have to suffer with.”
@jameela9353 chimed in: “We’re so proud of you babe. You’re an incredible soul. You deserve all the success and more and by the way this is an amazing picture of you!” While Alan Carr placed a like on her photo, Danniella also received praise from Gary Lineker‘s entrepreneur brother Wayne.
Over the years, her septum had become so damaged that it eventually fell out, prompting her to seek surgery to repair it – but by 2017, she’d found an alternative method to get her high.
“I was dabbing cocaine in my mouth and rubbing it around my gums to numb the pain,” she told New magazine.
“People think I was hoovering cocaine up my nose again but I wasn’t. I was wiping it around my gums.”
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