Dyer continued rehab after letter from daughter

Danny Dyer has said receiving a missive from his girl Dani portion astatine a rehab installation successful 2016 was what convinced him to proceed his treatment.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, the histrion said he'd "had enough" of the attraction he'd received and was "going to go".

"Then they work a missive retired from home, from my girl Dani, and it made maine beryllium backmost down successful that seat," helium told presenter Lauren Laverne.

Whilst helium did not stock what his past 20-year-old girl had written, helium said helium "grew up and understood this is my beingness and fame and each that worldly is toxic".

Dyer said the missive from Dani made him bespeak connected the symptom he'd caused his household and perpetrate to continuing his attraction astatine the installation successful South Africa.

Dani Dyer changeable to fame connected Love Island, winning the 2018 series. She and her begetter person since appeared unneurotic connected Celebrity Gogglebox, an Italian question series, and connected their podcast Sorted With The Dyers.

Danny Dyer, who changeable to fame successful the 1999 movie Human Traffic, has gone connected to go 1 of the astir recognisable stars of British TV and film.

In his interview, the 47-year-old spoke astir however fame has affected his idiosyncratic life, starring him to marque "a batch of atrocious decisions".

He said astatine 1 signifier of his career, helium was "doing a batch of drugs".

"I'd spell to nightclubs and DJ sometimes but successful wide conscionable question disconnected of balconies and I'd get paid rather a batch of wealth to bash it," helium added.

Dyer says looking backmost is "awful" and that his days of "hedonism" and "mad behaviour" are over.

He said 1 of his turning points came successful 2013, erstwhile helium was offered the relation of Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter successful EastEnders, which helium says helium took due to the fact that helium "had nary money".

"I had bailiffs [coming round], no-one would prosecute maine and the much I'm doing these nine appearances, the much drugs I'm taking, and drink, truthful I'm successful this weird spiral."

Four years later, helium made the determination to spell to rehab successful Cape Town during an awards amusement after-party astatine his house.

"I retrieve I had this infinitesimal wherever I was sitting successful my ensuite trying to enactment retired however to enactment a brace of jeans connected - I was that disconnected my head.

"I looked up, I looked astatine my woman and I could conscionable spot however bushed she looked and I could perceive kids moving astir downstairs, and I thought 'I request to benignant my beingness out'," helium added.

Dyer says it made him realise however addiction "affects truthful galore radical astir you, not conscionable yourself".

Dyer, who is nominated for champion antheral drama show astatine Sunday's Bafta TV Awards for his relation successful Mr. Bigstuff, has besides experienced occurrence with Disney deed Rivals this year.

He said a batch of the enactment helium took successful the aboriginal stages of his vocation was owed to the deficiency of wealth helium had and the added unit of becoming a first-time genitor with his now-wife Joanne astatine the property of 19.

"I'd made a fewer films but I conscionable wasn't getting paid immoderate wealth and I was hopeless to get connected the spot ladder," helium said.

"I was inactive surviving connected a assembly property with my girl and Jo."

Dyer says helium past got offered a documentary bid successful 2006 called The Real Football Factories and "couldn't judge the wealth that was offered to me".

"I can't ticker them backmost present [the documentaries], I cringe astatine them, but I needed to gain money, I needed to get a location and I needed to the close thing," helium added.