Danniella Westbrook has not ruled out a return to soaps - saying she would love to star on Coronation Street or Emmerdale.
The 48-year-old played Sam Mitchell, the daughter of Peggy, on and off from 1990 until 2016. She has since appeared on several reality TV shows, but away from the cameras, Danniella has struggled with drug addiction since she was 14.
The former Celebrity Big Brother housemate is now training to be a therapist and yoga teacher. She is also writing a book and is planning to use her training as a counsellor to help others with drug and alcohol abuse.
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But Danniella said if a role came up in Emmerdale or Coronation Street, she would take it. According to the Mirror, Danniella told GB News' Mark Dolan: "I’m looking to the future. Eastenders was great, I grew up in front of the nation. But it’s in the past. I am so RIP Sam Mitchell.
"I would love to do Emmerdale or Corrie. I would also love to get back into stage acting where it all started for me. I will be 50 next year and I’d love to one day play Momma in Chicago."
Speaking about her recovery from an addiction battle, Danniella said: "I am happy today that I’m OK. I live for the moment, I live for today. If I don’t put my recovery first I don’t have a life and my children don’t have a mother and my parents don’t have a child.
"I will never take my condition for granted. I had 14 years of being clean then relapsed so I will always say, every day, that I am in recovery. I look back sometimes and say ‘why did I throw that away?’ I beat myself up about it a lot. But in other ways, it was a reminder.
"If I was sitting at home I’d be thinking why do I keep hearing about this girl, she’s had that many chances, why doesn’t she go away. I’d feel exactly the same. Now if I can’t get my c*** together somebody needs to give me a good shake. So now I just do today, today, today."
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