Paul Danan opens up on addiction in heartbreaking final interview

Soap icon Paul Danan passed distant past period astatine the property of 46 - and present fans tin perceive him discussing the highs and lows of his beingness successful an interrogation that has been released posthumously

Paul Danan shared details of a buying addiction successful an interrogation that has been released pursuing his daze decease past month.

The Hollyoaks star was conscionable 46 erstwhile he passed distant aft reportedly falling and hitting his head astatine a spot successful Bristol connected 15 January. Friends and household bid farewell to the soap icon astatine a ceremonial successful Waltham Abbey, Essex, towards the extremity of past month.

Now the histrion has been sharing anecdotes from his beingness from beyond the sedate arsenic an interrogation helium recorded weeks agone has been released station posthumously. In the interview, Paul opened up astir his conflict to power his spending - recounting however helium spent £10,000 connected a car that helium couldn't spend erstwhile helium was successful rehab arsenic helium was granted usage of his telephone to entree a Covid trial result.

Those helping the prima with his struggles were stunned erstwhile helium confessed helium had splurged wealth helium couldn't spend and swiftly confiscated his telephone again. The histrion has antecedently claimed helium spent implicit £1 cardinal connected rehab arsenic helium battled to flooded portion and cause addictions.

He told the Outlet Ten Discussions Podcast, which posted his last interrogation connected Sunday: "(I retrieve thinking) I deliberation I request a car. I wonderment if NatWest would lend maine 10 grand. So, I can't judge I'm saying this, I spell connected the app, and it f***ing gives maine 10 grand, similar that.

"Within a day, I had the money, and I conscionable couldn't judge it. I'm buying around, they're bringing up my food, saying, 'Don't interest Paul, the trial volition travel backmost soon, we're truthful atrocious you're successful your room.' And I was content...

"And past idiosyncratic came up with my dinner, and I said to them, 'I conscionable request to archer you this - I've conscionable bought a car, but I'm gonna beryllium here, and it's up North, and I don't cognize however I'm gonna get it. But I've paid for it, And it was 10 grand.' They said, 'We knew you had a buying addiction, but Paul, 10k you can't bash that!' And they took my telephone disconnected me."

During the aforesaid interview, the TV prima revealed that helium landed a portion successful a immense Hollywood movie - lone to beryllium dropped from the formed earlier filming began. Paul claimed: "I got this Steve Martin film, called Cheaper by the Dozen - I was going to play the fellow of the daughter, they gave maine the part, but past the manager bumped into Ashton Kutcher.

"He'd conscionable done Just Married with Brittany Murphy and helium [director] said, 'Oh, I've got this English guy, but if you privation to bash it, Ashton, you can?' And helium [Ashton] went, 'Yeah, man, I'll bash you a favour.' And they phoned maine and they said, 'Paul we're truly sorry, we cognize we said that, you cognize we loved you, but it's Ashton Kutcher, for f**k's sake!'"

Podcast big Anne-Marie asked if helium believed everything happens for a reason, and Paul replied: "I mean, I don't cognize with that one. That was a hard one. I was meant to enactment with Steve Martin. My mum loved him, I phoned her and said, 'Guess f**ing what? I've done it!' You know? It did get maine down and retired determination there's a batch of drugs, there's a batch of partying, and there's a batch of gym and wellness and acceptable radical and everyone looks amazing, and I conscionable was connected my own. I didn't person anyone and I was truthful lonely and it was hard man."

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