“I quickly understood how toxic it could be”

Lina Portman2 weeks ago

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Billie Piper

Billie Piper spoke about her relationship with fame after rising to prominence during her teenage years.

The singer-turned-actress released her first single, Because We Want To, at the age of 15 in 1998, with the song going straight to number one and turning her into a star.

As she forged a successful acting career, starring in shows such as Doctor WhoSecret Diary Of A Call Girl and I Hate Suzie, Billie says she would tell her younger self not to seek fame, realizing “how toxic it can be” and “not personally fulfilling”.

In a new interview on the Reign With Josh Smith podcast, Billie said: “I love what I do, but it means less to me than other things in my life. I think what helped with becoming famous as a young person was realizing very quickly how toxic it can be and how it is in no way personally fulfilling.

“When I was a kid, I learned that it’s really not good for you. [I’d now tell my younger self] “Calm down, go home. We don't need to do this now. Do you want to hug? » I stopped all that as soon as I felt the need.

Billie became famous at the age of 15

Billie continued: “When I think back to that kid, especially now that my son is 14, and I see how 14 he is, it really shocks me, and to think about where I am now, it's, uh, yeah, I don't, I'm completely, I feel like a completely different person. I can be a lot kinder to myself now than I was at that age.

“It's so hard, 14 years, just watching my son go through it, now, it's a lot,” she added.

Last week, Billie admitted she had also become “incredibly jealous” of Britney Spearsas her own pop career “was fading just as she was reaching megastardom.”

“I was incredibly jealous of her, but I also loved her and was a fan. But our paths never crossed,” Billie added in an interview with The Guardian.

In the same interview, the actor also spoke about her “interesting… but also very drunk” marriage to broadcaster Chris Evans and how the media attention on their age gap – they got married when she was 18 and he was 35 – affected her. career.