OHMYGOSSIP — Jacqueline Jossa had to sell her house after leaving ‘EastEnders’ because she was “struggling with money”.
The 29-year-old actress – who played Lauren Branning in the BBC soap from 2010 to 2018 – has opened up about her past financial issues after leaving the show, admitting she would do magazine interviews to “feed [her] kids”.
She said: “I was on ‘EastEnders’ for eight years where you got a set pay cheque every week. It was a set pay cheque and I didn’t have to do anything else. It was my comfort blanket, it was what I knew. Then it just wasn’t.
“There’s no such thing for me as maternity pay, so when I had kids I had to leave and I had to do magazine covers to make money to feed my kids.
“Once you’re gone, when you’re not on the show, you don’t have money. Done! You’re not paid anything else.
“‘I’m going to have to do like a shoot.’ People go, ‘Why are you selling your soul?’ I’m feeding my kids. That’s the difference. I’m not embarrassed, I’m not ashamed.”
The former ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’ star – who was crowned Queen of the Jungle in 2019 – explained she had to sell her house before her stint on the programme.
Speaking to ‘TOWIE’ stars Sam and Billie Faiers on their podcast ‘The Sam and Billie Show’, she said: “There’s been times where I haven’t had money. Before I went in the jungle I was struggling with money. I had to sell my house.
“And then I went in the jungle and had amazing opportunities, so I would never ever ever look at somebody and say, ‘They’re not hustling enough’. You have to do it.”
Jacqueline – who shares daughters Ella, seven, and Mia, three, with her husband, former ‘TOWIE’ star Dan Osborne, 30 – said she is done having kids, as she cannot imagine “going back to bottles and sterilising”.
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