Danniella Westbrook has said that she would have likely ended up dead had her drug problems not been exposed.
The actor, 48, was asked about her experience with drug taking whilst being interviewed by former politician Nigel Farage, 58, on his GB News show Talking Pints.
She recalled having "already had issues" before finding fame playing Sam Mitchell on EastEnders in the 1990s, but said: "Really the media saved me if anything, more than once."