After hosting the ITV2 program Test Drive My Girlfriend for a year, he went on to star in the channel’s Calum, Fran, and Dangerous Danan series. He famously lost his major panto role.
As Prince Charming in 2007 after shouting, “Make some f****** noise,” while turning on Christmas lights. After struggling to get TV or movie employment in the US,
He eventually landed a “normal job” at I Smashed It, a phone firm. As he waited for his big break, he worked at many other steady positions, including Ted Baker and recruiting.
Paul spoke on his need to support his kid, acknowledging that he struggled since he wasn’t on TV “all the time” and that he thought.
The expense of living was “crazy.” He stated: “You never know when the next job may come along, which is why reality programs are shown.
Sometimes I said yes because I had expenses to pay. And I doubt I wanted to participate on a reality program, did I? I ought to have stayed with my acting.
In 2019, Paul made an appearance on The Jeremy Kyle Show, where he disclosed that his parents saved his life after a heroin overdose.
After leaving treatment, he went to a drug dealer who provided him heroin rather than cocaine rather than going to a meeting.
“My mother entered the bedroom and heard me making these noises,” he added. She was aware that I was choking on my dying breaths, not quite snoring. In essence, I was gagging.
I was taking too much. They were unaware of what was happening when they discovered me in my bed. They believed that because I had just returned from treatment, I had not taken anything.
“I know that I have to work hard at it every day to keep in recovery,” he stated when asked by Jeremy why he continued to use drugs after what had happened to him.
It’s challenging for me. I often relapse. I began experimenting with ecstasy when I was 14 or 15, but I didn’t feel compelled to use it on a regular basis.
“When cocaine came into the equation, that’s a drug that can become addictive without you realising.” He had spent 17 stints in recovery at the time of the interview.
However, Paul was eager to use his passion project, Morning After Drama (MAD), to assist individuals who were also dealing.
With addiction and mental health concerns. In order to support individuals interested in the arts, he also went to schools, jails, and rehabilitation facilities.
He stated: “It really has changed people’s lives and helped a lot of people, it’s been overwhelmingly rewarding.”
