EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick has opened up for the first time about suffering from a phobia of being sick, which left him scared to be away from home because he felt too “unsafe”.
The 27-year-old actor has played Jay Brown in the BBC soap since 2006, and in a new interview he has told how emetophobia - an extreme fear of vomiting, seeing vomit, watching other people vomit, or even feeling sick - has put a massive strain on his life, resulting in him being riddled with anxiety, and feeling “quite OCD” about germs.
He said: “I’ve never really spoken about it, but I’m just having a moment where I’m like, ‘Whatever.’ I’ve got a real phobia about being sick, called emetophobia.
