I was so skint after leaving EastEnders I had to sell my house, says Jacqueline Jossa
thesun.co.ukJACQUELINE Jossa has revealed she was left "struggling with money" after leaving EastEnders and had to sell her house. However, in a brutally honest interview, the mum-of-two added defiantly: "I'm not ashamed." Chatting to reality stars Sam and Billie Faiers on their podcast, The Sam and Billie Show, Jac was open about her cash woes after leaving the soap.
Jac, 29, starred as Lauren Branning in the BBC series before her exit in 2018. She said: " You’re right about the hustle. 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." Jacqueline explained: "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.
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