FRESH FACE
Danniella Westbrook shares first ‘make-up free’ post after her nose job as she walks beloved dog Bruno
DANNIELLA Westbrook went make-up free last night after her recent nose job as she walked her beloved dog Bruno.
Years of past drug-taking left the legend with crumbling bones, a collapsed jaw and cheekbone, but she has vowed to rebuild her face and boost her self-confidence.
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Danniella Westbrook, 48, was spotted with a bandaged face earlier this month.
Last night, she looked fresh-faced and healthy in a new video as she walked her bulldog, and told fans: "I've got no make up on today.
"But does anyone else's dog look at them really oddly when they hug a tree? Because mine does."
The star told The Sun she is hoping surgery will not only help rebuild her face but also restore her shattered self-confidence.
The mum of two has already had two of FIVE reconstructive operations at Liverpool's Aintree Hospital, and has more surgery appointments coming up at the end of April and in May.
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One of the procedures will see part of one of her ribs inserted into her cheek.
Danniella said: "I hate the way I look. I'm constantly made fun of, and trolled for it.
"People message me, saying, 'You're so ugly, you're a junkie, you should just go and kill yourself'.
"I've also had messages saying they are glad I'm not coming back to EastEnders because no one wants me scaring their kids on the telly.
"I pretend I'm fine, always happy to bounce back and fight every battle.
"But it's not the case inside, and feeling like this makes me really lonely.
"Sometimes I wake up and think 'I don't want to die today but I don't want to face the world either'."
Danniella, who took her first line of cocaine at 14 and is thought to have blown £250,000 on drugs, is adamant she is not undergoing surgery to silence the trolls.
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She says: "After I relapsed (in 2014), for years I didn't care what I looked like because I was on a crazy whirlwind of destruction.
"But I've got to a point where looking like this upsets me, so I'm going to make a change not because of what others think but so I can be happy with the way I am.
"It will change the way I look but also help my breathing and sinus issues.
"So it's about my health as well. I'll be in for the big surgery, which is the bone replacement, at the end of April. And then the final operation to tweak and finish the nose is at the end of May."
Danniella first found fame in EastEnders, playing Sam Mitchell for a decade from 1990, before returning in 2009 and again in 2016.
She has left and now lives in North Yorkshire, where she is studying for an NVQ in therapy and is looking to help launch a holistic wellness centre.
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She said: "The risk of relapsing in Essex is huge, and I can't put my recovery on the line by living there again.
"You get caught up in that lifestyle, and the drink and drugs that come with it.
"I just can't do the whole keeping up with the Joneses thing.
"It's such a fake lifestyle. You might have the body of a gym bunny but at the weekend you're in the toilet doing drugs. To me, that's not life.
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"It's all show and no go ? champagne taste and lemonade money 'cause everything is on HP, hire purchase.
"As long as they're driving the Range Rover and living in a mock Tudor house, then life's wonderful.
"I would rather live alone in my cottage in the country and drive my Fiat 500.
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"I love feeling part of a community and that's what you get in the North. I find the people are a lot more genuine.
"I love their kindness and the fact they're less judgey."
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