Neighbours' icons Des and Daphne very different lives 40 years after quitting soap

They were 1 of the astir celebrated couples connected Ramsey Street and 1 of the archetypal 12 characters erstwhile Neighbours was launched successful 1985 - but their lives are precise antithetic now

Neighbours' iconic mates Daphne Clarke and Des Clarke were portion of the archetypal unit mode backmost successful 1985. Daphne was a stripper who fell for Des successful the precise archetypal occurrence of the soap and the 2 were portion of the archetypal 12 characters.

She rapidly gave up the beingness of stripping and swapped it for hospitality erstwhile she got the lease to the section java shop. Des wasted nary clip successful falling successful emotion with the erstwhile stripper erstwhile she moved into his Ramsay Street location to assistance him wage disconnected his owe but she was unavailable astatine the time. Over a twelvemonth later, the 2 were inseparable arsenic they got married. Their happiness didn't past agelong arsenic Daphne died successful a car mishap successful 1987.

The actors, Elaine Smith and Paul Keane, were a immense portion of the iconic bid and fans mightiness beryllium shocked that it has already been astir 4 decades since they archetypal appeared connected the show. What happened to the 2 archetypal formed members aft departing Neighbours?

Paul Keane

After exiting Neighbours, it was reported that Paul Keane suffered from intelligence wellness problems arsenic a effect of his newfound fame. It seemingly outgo him his home, his relationships arsenic good arsenic his career. He antecedently admitted to dense drinking and taking amphetamines and painkillers. He concisely returned to Neighbours successful 2015 to observe the show's 30th anniversary. At the time, helium told Australia's Herald Sun that helium became much 'honest' astir his struggles.

"I person nary filter anymore. The past bastion of taboo is intelligence wellness and I deliberation it’s important to beryllium honorable astir it. I person been to hell," helium said. I person seen things you wouldn’t believe, been successful hospitals that are similar fearfulness stories. But I person survived.” He ne'er wanted to beryllium celebrated and has spent years moving done his problems. "Now you person radical similar Kim Kardashian," helium said. "People putting videos of themselves up connected YouTube. Fame has go the goal. Well I person experienced that and it was horrific. I can’t ideate what it’s similar for palmy actors now.”

Elaine Smith

Elaine Smith besides had her just stock of struggles with fame erstwhile she archetypal near the amusement successful the 80s. "I recovered each the attraction beauteous overwhelming due to the fact that I'm rather a backstage idiosyncratic and radical would outcry 'stripper' astatine maine successful the street!" she said. She did spell connected to impermanent prima successful fashionable soaps Home And Away and The Flying Doctors. Elaine joined histrion and writer Jonathan Biggins aft gathering him portion performing successful a play. They went connected to person duplicate daughters, calved successful 2000. She was seen sporting longer locks successful Sydney successful 2017 working arsenic a play teacher successful a section secondary school.