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To feel bad for Daniella Westbrook, Katie Price, and the like?

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GarliceGran · 22/12/2025 18:12

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15402379/Danniella-Westbrook-surgery-cocaine-nose-EastEnders.html

Daniella is having yet more surgery. I presume that she’s having it abroad as UK surgeons won’t touch her now. Same with Katie Price and numerous other celebrities.

Ive always had a bit of soft spot for the likes of Daniella. I loved her when she first came onto Eastenders. She was so young when she became famous, and it clearly destroyed her. I imagine that a lot of men made good money out of her and have dropped her like a stone now that she’s the way she is.

Danniella Westbrook on repairing her cocaine-ravaged nose

To this day, former EastEnders star Danniella Westbrook refuses to keep a mirror up in her house, unable to look at the face that was once her fortune.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15402379/Danniella-Westbrook-surgery-cocaine-nose-EastEnders.html

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tothewindow25 · 23/12/2025 12:29

Gowlett · 22/12/2025 18:54

Danniella was so pretty, such a shame…
Tara Palmer Tomkinson was a sad case, too.
Katie Price. And Kerry Katona. Only Fans now.

I feel sorry for Lauren Goodger from TOWIE.
She was brilliant, but never made money like others.
And what she went through, losing her baby…

There is a horrible underbelly to celebrity.
Whether A-list or Z-list. Dangerous when young.
But so tough, when you’re yesterday’s news.

Lauren Goodger is a poor soul.

I think the difference between her and some of the Towie girls who have been successful is that they had family support and received better business and financial advice, bought property etc.

I think Lauren had a tough upbringing, so nobody to guide her, and she isn’t bright so couldn’t do it by herself.

Despite at one point having a successful tanning line and presumably earning well from it, she doesn’t own a home and moves around various rental flats. She does OnlyFans. A friend of mine (male) looked her up once and she began bombarding him with messages wanting him to subscribe. I got the impression some of them were auto generated but some obviously weren’t.

Very sad.

DahlsChickenz · 23/12/2025 12:35

I have a lot of empathy for them too, OP. They've made bad decisions at times but they were also in industries which chew up and spit out women from very young ages.

GeorgeClooneyshouldhavemarriedme · 23/12/2025 12:41

I used to feel sorry for Daniella until she sold a fake pregnancy/ miscarriage story and I just decided she was a money grabbing twat.

I do however, feel enormous sympathy for KP. I think she has massive mental issues not helped by being treated badly by a succession of arseholes.

Squirrel60 · 23/12/2025 14:22

How anyone can feel sorry for any of those hideous freaks is way beyond me!

Cheese55 · 23/12/2025 14:25

Because they have been damaged by others when they were young and vulnerable

GarliceGran · 29/12/2025 18:18

GeorgeClooneyshouldhavemarriedme · 23/12/2025 12:41

I used to feel sorry for Daniella until she sold a fake pregnancy/ miscarriage story and I just decided she was a money grabbing twat.

I do however, feel enormous sympathy for KP. I think she has massive mental issues not helped by being treated badly by a succession of arseholes.

Sadly, with DW, selling fake stories/ nudes seems to be all she can do these days. Nobody would hire her for anything serious.

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GenechandlerHeyMrBigshotNsoul · 11/02/2026 19:21

Holy fuck what has she done to herself
She looks 65+
Not there's nothing wrong with looking 65+
Once you hit that age.

Usernamenotfound1 · 11/02/2026 19:29

Vitriolinsanity · 22/12/2025 20:14

Have any of them sat down and thought, I need to get out of this mess? None of them is stupid. They could easily have taken what they had left and lived quietly and well, with a normal job to augment their savings.

It’s what the rest of us have to do. We don’t jet off to Turkey for yet more surgery at ludicrous cost in an attempt to breath life into another failed career resurrection.

They’ve all got another 40 years on the planet if they’re lucky. They are all still relatively young. They absolutely could just be fucking normal.

I dunno. It’s a bit like an alcoholic thinking I need to get out of this mess, I’ll just stop drinking.

Daniella is an addict. You don’t just give up and “live quietly and well” one day. They rarely have any money, and can rarely hold down a job.

I’d go so far as to say KP isn’t that different. Probably addicted to plastic surgery, to the validation and attention. She grew up with her looks being the focus of her being, and that’s hard to give up.

it’s clear neither of these women had people around them to support them in getting off the celeb treadmill and into living normally. They probably have agents, managers and other people encouraging them onto the next publicity stunt or “media job”. for their percentage.

someone mentioned sports- I’ve seen it there too where you have a huge machine “behind” all these athletes, when in fact the athletes are the ones being exploited for their talent, and the revenue they bring in creates jobs for the physio’s, nutritionists, managers, performance directors, coaches. It’s backwards.

it is exploitation.

DancehallDays · 11/02/2026 19:53

Daniella turned to drugs as a teenager after suffering child abuse, so yes, I do feel sorry for her. I hope that she can find peace and happiness. She's the same age as me - my message to her would be time to stop giving a fuck what people think of your looks and embrace middle age.

GarliceGran · 11/02/2026 23:45

I feel awful for their kids. It must be awful to see your mum go through something like this.

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