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I saw a picture of Paul Nicholls the actor in the paper recently and I've never felt so heart broken for a celebrity before.
As an actor he is 'hit and miss' for me.
I liked him in Earthfast and The Biz when I was a kid and he was a kid.
Found him a bit irritating in EastEnders but I guess that was his character.
Didn't like him at all in most of what he has done to be honest.
However, seeing him in his recent pictures looking so thin and frail almost made me cry.
People were commenting on him being a drink and drugs fiend, no sympathy for him at all.
He's been in showbiz since he was 10 years old or something, he's probably never had any real friends. A few years ago the press were full of praise for him, women drooling all over him.
Now when he seems to have lost the battle to drink or drugs or is recovering from them as well as his horrific accident in Thailand, he has become an object of ridicule :(
I bet he had lots of 'friends' when he had money and acting work. Wonder where all those people are now?!
The woman he is with is being called all sorts of names for being with him, like he doesn't deserve somebody to love him.
The acting industry and the BBC / EastEnders have failed this guy. Yes, he has a responsibility for his own actions, but when you've been hooked on substances from a young age it must be hell to break away from.
It makes me sick that people like him are splattered all over posters and TV but once they are on the decline nothing is ever done to help them.
PN has lost his looks, his nose looks like it has collapsed, he'll never get the TV work he once did and now he isn't even allowed to live a peaceful life with a woman!
I hate the gutter press.