Danniella Westbrook has admitted that her drug-taking made her a bad mum.
The former EastEnders star, 46, was hooked on cocaine for years while bringing up her son Kai.
Opening her heart on his podcast, she told him: “It’s caused you nothing but heartache and pain.
“It’s about consistency, love, nurturing, stability. I haven’t always given you that. All right, I was clean for 14 years. But before that your life was s***.”
She went on: “I’m not going to beat around the bush. You might have looked like you had everything in the world, but your life was s*** because I wasn’t present.
“You have given me tough love… there have been times when you’ve not spoken to me for months because you’re that exasperated.”
Danniella is also mum to Jodie, 19.
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She added: “I know I’ve caused you guys a lot of hassle you didn’t need – a lot of shame, a lot of bullying.
“I don’t know if I would have the love and the patience if it was one of my family members.”
Talking about when she quit drugs, she said: “I just shut that other door like it never happened. I just expect everybody to catch up to where I am.
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“I can’t expect that just because I’ve got clean that all of a sudden everyone’s going to forget the pain I’ve caused.
“I’ve got to realise that it might take other people a bit longer to come around because I have hurt people.”
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These days Danniella, pictured above with her children and her ex-husband Kevin Jenkins, is trying her best to be a good mum.
She told Kai: “I don’t make a decision today in my life – whether that’s financially, where I’m living, what I’m doing – without consulting you and Jodie.” Kai, 23, said he feels no anger towards his mum.
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He told her: “When you’ve experienced real pain and you’ve actually got a connection with somebody, you do actually go past all the f****ing b***ocks and leave all that in the room and move on.
“I know that you’re good and I’m good.”
You can hear the full podcast at anchor.fm/kjfernandez.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk