Paul Danan's addiction battle laid bare in heartbreaking voicenotes after death update

Paul Danan's person Dapper Laughs shared a voicenote speech betwixt himself and the precocious Hollyoaks prima wherever they candidly discussed their addiction struggles

Hollyoaks histrion Paul Danan laid bare his feelings astir his addiction struggles successful a candid voicenote speech earlier his death.

The Hollyoaks prima was conscionable 46 years aged erstwhile helium died earlier this week. Paul was called a "beacon of light" arsenic his absorption announced the bittersweet quality successful a statement.

His origin of decease is yet to beryllium confirmed but it's been reported he 'slipped and fell' successful his luxury apartment adjacent Bristol earlier his death. On Thursday, Avon and Somerset Police released a connection connected Paul's death, it read: "Officers attended a spot successful Brislington, Bristol, astatine astir 5.20pm yesterday (Wednesday 15 January) wherever sadly a antheral successful his 40s was declared deceased by paramedics.

"His household person been notified and our thoughts are with them. They person asked for radical to respect their privateness during this incredibly hard time," the connection read. "His decease is not being treated arsenic suspicious and officers are preparing a record for the coroner."

Scores of celebrities came guardant to wage tribute to the Celebrity Love Island prima including Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace, Dean Gaffney and Calum Best each honouring the precocious star.

Now, person and comedian Dapper Laughs has besides travel guardant to honour Paul and shared however the actor, who had been unfastened astir his addictions passim the years, supported him done his ain battles. Content creator Dapper, who's existent sanction is Daniel O'Reilly, shared a video connected his Instagram leafage and talked astir his and Paul's friendship.

During the video, Dapper besides shared a voicenote speech helium had with the precocious Hollyoaks actor. In the voicenote Paul tin beryllium heard saying: "My brother, conscionable thought I'd interaction basal truly spot however you are, however you're feeling, each that jazz. your therapist Pauly's present if you wanna person a chat. emotion you mate."

Dapper, who appeared successful theatre amusement Time alongside Paul, replied, "I'm warring a akin combat to what you've been warring for years. The self-destrctuive worldly and from the constituent we're rehearsing I'm gonna spell wholly sober – nary booze, nothing."

A supportive Paul past told his pal: "I'm so, so, truthful happy. I know, Dan, I cognize you're 1 of us. I knew it from the infinitesimal we near you were like, 'let's spell and person a beer'. That's me, that's f**king me. You know, don't you deliberation I f**king wanted to. But I don't anymore due to the fact that I cognize I don't request it, we don't request it.

"Look astatine america connected the sofa we're the champion of ourselves. We were f**king dynamic, buzzing, brilliant. We don't request immoderate of that s**t we're the champion of ourselves without it and with it it makes america weaker, it makes america little that what we request to be."

Daniel discussed his grief pursuing Paul's decease arsenic helium said: "“I don’t usually remark connected radical passing away, but I truly wanted to accidental a fewer words astir Paul.

"It’s upset maine contiguous proceeding astir him passing. He helped me, and helium was truthful bully to me. He was my pal." The comedian besides credited Paul for helping to alteration his life. He added: "People adjacent to maine evidently had said that I had a portion occupation backmost successful the day, but helium was the archetypal idiosyncratic to truly enactment a statement connected it and introduced maine to what that was."

Paul, who was owed to look successful tribunal the time his decease was announced, had been incredibly honorable astir his ain addiction issues implicit the years. The TV prima adjacent came adjacent to death pursuing an overdose which took spot soon aft leaving rehab successful South Africa.

The Hollyoaks star's mum recovered him "choking connected his past breath" aft helium took an overdose of heroin. Recalling the traumatic ordeal successful 2017, helium said: "My mum recovered maine successful my furniture and I was making these weird noises and choking connected my past breath.

"The ambulance was down the roadworthy thankfully, but by the clip they arrived I was dormant and they brought maine backmost to life. It was awful." Paul revealed helium had been fixed heroin and "didn't cognize however to instrumentality it". He said: "I snorted it. I wasn’t a heroin addict. I took it erstwhile and person ne'er touched it since."

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