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Patsy Kensit Says She 'Lost Part' of Herself During Marriage to Liam Gallagher

Her Davina McCall interview details how fame, marriage, media scrutiny, a private intervention from Noel Gallagher affected her career as she prepares to return to Emmerdale.

Overview

  • Kensit told Davina McCall on Thursday that her marriage to Liam Gallagher became so all-consuming that she "lost part" of who she was and stepped back from acting.
  • She recalled Noel Gallagher taking her aside to ask why she had stopped working and urging her not to neglect her career.
  • Kensit said she turned down film roles because she was "too afraid to leave him on his own," a decision she now sees as a major career sacrifice.
  • She described how relentless tabloid attention and the rock-and-roll lifestyle contributed to alcohol problems and said she has since given up drinking for her mental health.
  • Kensit is preparing to reprise Sadie King on Emmerdale after a roughly 20-year absence, and her reflections revive discussion about the personal costs of Britpop-era fame symbolised by the couple's 1997 Vanity Fair image.