Danniella Westbrook 'broken and really ill' after Brian Harvey split as she reveals hellish spiral

Former EastEnders histrion Danniella Westbrook has opened up astir her narration with East 17 vocalist Brian Harvey connected Louis Theroux's caller documentary Boybands Forever

Danniella Westbrook has revealed she was "broken" aft her divided with ex East 16 prima Brian Harvey.

The mates were unneurotic arsenic teens successful the aboriginal 90s, but remained amicable and adjacent reunited for a 2015 kid maltreatment run earlier appearing to person a immense societal media spat successful 2021. But erstwhile they archetypal divided successful 1995, aft 4 years together, Danniella was near spiralling.

Speaking connected Louis Theroux's caller pop euphony documentary Boybands Forever, the erstwhile EastEnders histrion revealed that Brian's manager Tom had told her to divided up with Brian, present 50. She said she was advised by Tom Watkins that it "wouldn't extremity well" for her, telling her "he ever wins".

But contempt his warnings, Danniella and Brain tried to marque it work, contempt the media scrutiny implicit their relationship. The mates were often spotted astatine glitzy events with each other, but down the scenes, she said their break-up was "inevitable".

Describing their divided connected the three-part BBC documentary, Danniella, 51, said: "It went from being blessed and being successful emotion to everything being truthful stressful. I deliberation it was inevitable that we were going to divided which subsequently sent maine implicit the edge. I made myself truly ill. I took much and much drugs, I'd had enough. I was broken."

East 17 went connected to merchandise 5 workplace albus and eighteen singles, earlier they divided n 1997 aft Brian was sacked for appearing to condone ecstasy usage connected a vigor interview. Danniella has since reflected connected their clip together, saying it concisely felt similar "the cleanable life".

In a 2002 interrogation with The Observer, Danniella recalled: "It was each accelerated cars, flashy clothes, glamorous guys, and a beauteous apartment. I had a popular prima boyfriend, and for a little moment, it felt similar the cleanable life. But I was perpetually retired successful clubs, surrounded by radical utilizing coke, and I thought it looked glamorous—when, successful reality, it was thing but. I was young, naïve, and easy influenced. The archetypal ‘dumb blonde.’”

Years of partying took its toll connected their relationship, with the prima telling the Mirror aboriginal however she mislaid herself. Danniella said: "About halfway through, I realized I was losing my identity. I’d near my vocation down due to the fact that helium wanted maine to, and I was nary longer ‘Danniella from EastEnders’ – I’d go simply Brian’s girlfriend. We were some fiery personalities, perpetually clashing. We got engaged, but I knew I couldn’t wed him.”

Brian and Danniella's erstwhile amicable relationship soured successful 2021, erstwhile she branded him "paranoid" successful a furious societal media row. It ended with Danniella claiming she had fought to get a restraining bid taken retired against her ex partner.

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