Former Eastenders star Daniella Westbrook has admitted to taking cocaine whilst pregnant in an emotional TV interview.
'I had a cocaine convulsion and my three year old son was trying to put a mars bar in my mouth, trying to make me come round'
Speaking to chat show host Jeremy Kyle, the actress, 39, confessed that she took five grams a day whilst expecting her first child, even taking a line in the delivery room.
“I was in a terrible state,” said the actress, who told Jeremy Kyle she asked people to leave the hospital room so she could do drugs.
But her addiction did not stop when Kai, now 16, was born. Daniella recalls a day years later when her son had to bring her round from a drugged up stupor.
“I had a cocaine convulsion and my three year old son was trying to put a Mars Bar in my mouth, trying to make me come round.”
The repentant star said she begged social services to take her son away as she feared she would kill him.
'I was really down. I went to see a mental health doctor and I said I was really, really ill and I had started drinking'
Luckily, the pair were not separated and the actress says seeing his mum’s struggle with drugs has put her son off for life.
Daniella, who played Sam Mitchell in Eastenders, has now been clean for 12 years, but says she did fall off the wagon earlier this year due to a brief separation form her husband.
“I was really down. I went to see a mental health doctor and I said I was really, really ill and I had started drinking.”
But despite this slip up, Daniella claims she has turned her life around and work offers are now pouring in.
“I have a glass of wine now and again but my wild days are over,” she said.
“Life is too short to be putting money in these evil people’s pockets who are pushing drugs.”
“There’s a whole world out there.”