Billie Piper claims fame is ‘poisonous’ while revealing she will act ‘less and less’ in future
Billie Piper has admitted that she believes fame is “poisonous” and “depressing” and that she has decided to act “less and less” going forward.
The 40-year-old singer-turned-actress burst into the spotlight at the tender age of 15 with her debut single, Porque Queremos, but has now revealed that she has been left disappointed by stardom.
In a new interview with The Guardianhe described life in the public eye as ‘awful’, ‘disgusting’ and ‘a dark thing’, adding that his ‘happiest’ moments happened before he was a celebrity.
‘It’s disgusting and such a dark thing!’ Billie Piper has claimed that fame is ‘poisonous’ and ‘depressing’ as she reveals that she will act ‘less and less’ in the future (pictured in 2021)
The Doctor Who star said: ‘Fame is awful. It’s nasty. It’s such a dark thing. And it will change your everyday experience of life in a way that is, frankly, depressing in my experience. When I imagine some of my happiest and freest moments, most of them are before fame.
‘It’s annoying because I love creating things. I love production. As I get older, I enjoy making things from scratch more and more and I think I’ll probably act less and less in the future. I love what I do.
But I’m getting tired of the nonsense of all this. To be honest, I have been since I was 19 years old. He felt quite poisonous from a very young age. Now I’m so grateful that I had those experiences a long time ago, and now I can focus almost completely on the work, and not on the nonsense.
Tragic: The 40-year-old singer-turned-actress rose to the spotlight at the tender age of 15, but has now revealed she’s been left disappointed by stardom (pictured in 1998)
last year billy revealed that therapy helped her cope with her early fame and how it relates to Britney Spears’ struggles.
She She recounted how for many years she couldn’t see herself in her childhood music videos or hear their songs, but now she can reflect on it ‘fondly’.
Billie first appeared as a performer on Scratchy & Co at age 13 before releasing her debut single Because We Want To Do It at 15, making her the youngest female artist to enter number one on the UK singles chart. United.
speaking to Grace she said: ‘For many years, I couldn’t see myself as a girl in a music video, or even listen to my songs.
‘But now I can, and I’m reflecting on it more fondly than ever. There are mixed emotions and honestly, it’s all a bit confusing.
I have forgotten a lot because I have never worked harder in my life than at that age. It makes sense to me that there’s not much I can remember.
The star then revealed that Britney Spears’ recent guardianship battle and struggles with fame were something she felt she could “relate to.”
She explained that her time as a musician and also being a woman meant that she dealt with “issues related to control and misrepresentation”, before adding that many women could probably relate to her even if they weren’t famous.
How sad: In a new interview, she described life in the public eye as “awful,” “gross” and “a dark thing,” adding that her “happiest” moments happened before she became a celebrity.
The mother-of-three has previously opened up about how she battled mental health issues similar to Britney’s.
Britney, 41, suffered a public nervous breakdown in 2008 after coming out of rehab, where she shaved her head and attacked paparazzi with an umbrella.
After rising to fame as a pop star at age 15, Billie recalled how working 18-hour days and having a “lack of control” over everything had a “very negative impact” on her life.
Looking back on her early years, Billie recounted how working tirelessly to become a music star took a toll on her mental health, eventually leading to an eating disorder.
She explained: ‘I don’t know anyone who has worked as hard as I did at 15.
“It was a combination of exhaustion, the trauma of becoming really famous, being disconnected from my family, a lack of control in my life, hence the eating disorder.”
She continued: ‘I also felt that I was a teenager and that I was changing a lot emotionally and psychologically. When I think about the life I lived as a child, working an 18-hour day and never seeing my family, I see how it negatively affected my life.’
I remember: She said: ‘I’m getting tired of the nonsense of all this. To be honest, I have been since I was 19 years old. He felt quite poisonous from a very early age’ (pictured in 1999)