Danniella Westbrook shows off new face as she opens up about addiction saying ‘I wasted years hating myself’
Danniella Westbrook showed off her new face as she discussed her battle with addiction.
The 48-year-old shared a teaser from an upcoming podcast alongside Paul Danan and Jumpin Jack Frost – admitting she “wasted years of her life.”
The heart-breaking clip features Danniella saying: “It’s taken me 48 years to get to that point and I can’t say I’ll be there tomorrow
“The worst thing I have down is throwing my life away, hating myself, the years I have wasted not liking the person I am.”
The former addict is currently undergoing operations to get her rib implanted in her face after drugs left her with crumbling bones and a collapsed jaw and cheekbone.
She went under the knife to help rebuild her face – and restore her shattered self-confidence.
Former EastEnders star Danniella has already had two of FIVE reconstructive operations at Liverpool’s Aintree Hospital.
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She believes her collapsed face was caused by cocaine laced with lethal animal de-wormer.
Danniella took her first line of cocaine at 14 and is thought to have blown £250,000 on drugs.
Speaking about the surgery, the mum-of-two told The Sun: “After I relapsed (in 2014), for years I didn’t care what I looked like because I was on a crazy whirlwind of destruction.
“But I’ve got to a point where looking like this upsets me, so I’m going to make a change — not because of what others think but so I can be happy with the way I am.
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“It will change the way I look but also help my breathing and sinus issues.
“So it’s about my health as well. I’ll be in for the big surgery, which is the bone replacement, at the end of April. And then the final operation to tweak and finish the nose is at the end of May.”
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