• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Billie Piper says fame is 'poisonous and depressing' and says she'll be acting less

Home> Entertainment

Published 15:23 4 Dec 2022 GMT

Billie Piper says fame is 'poisonous and depressing' and says she'll be acting less

She has some thoughts about being in the limelight.

Gabriella Ferlita

Gabriella Ferlita

Featured Image Credit: Matt Crossick/PA Images/Alamy Stock Photo

Topics: TV and Film, Doctor Who, Celebrity

Gabriella Ferlita
Gabriella Ferlita

Gabriella Ferlita is a full-time journalist at LADbible Group, writing on lifestyle, communities and news across Tyla, LADbible and UNILAD. When she's not writing, she's fussing over her five-year-old Toyger cat, Clarence.

X

@Gabriellaf_17

Advert

Advert

Advert

Billie Piper may have landed in the spotlight at the tender age of 15 as a singer, having climbed to the top of the charts in 1998 with her single ‘Because We Want To’ before joining the cast of Doctor Who in 2005 - but the star says fame is ‘poisonous and depressing’.

The 40-year-old actor, who is perhaps best known for her role as Rose Tyler in the BBC One sci-fi series, has revealed that her most fond and ‘freeing’ experiences occurred before she was famous.

Billie Piper was just 15 when she shot to fame.
Allstar Picture Library Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo

Speaking to The Guardian about her upcoming season of I Hate Suzie, Billie said: “Fame is awful. It’s gross. It’s such a dark thing. And it will change your everyday experience of life in a way that is depressing, frankly, in my experience of it.

Advert

“When I imagine some of my happiest, and my freest times, most of them are pre-fame.

“Not to be down on my kids! I’ve obviously had deeply meaningful experiences with my children, and they made me happier than anything, and that’s the truth, but I also really cherish the memories of not being famous.”

In spite of her success with the first series, which was released in 2020, the actor went on to explain how she hopes to act ‘less and less’ in the future.

The star admitted that she wants to act 'less and less' in future.
Doug Peters / Alamy Stock Photo

She told the outlet: “It’s annoying because I love creating things. I love production. As I’m getting older, I’m enjoying making things from the ground up more and more and I think probably in the future, I’ll act less and less. I love what I do.

Advert

“But I’m tiring of the nonsense of it all. To be honest, I have been since I was 19. It felt quite poisonous from a very early age.

"Now I’m so grateful that I had those experiences a long time ago, and now I can pretty much entirely focus on the work, and not the bulls***.”

Billie had her directorial debut in 2019 with Rare Beasts, which, according to the synopsis, is a film about ‘Mandy, a nihilistic young writer and mother who, while navigating her dysfunctional family and misogynistic workplace, falls for Pete, a traditionalist searching for a restored male identity.’

Billie is also the executive producer of I Hate Suzie and Secret Diary of a Call Girl and starred in the lead role in both, as well as having written the former series.

  • Bizarre reason Chunk from The Goonies quit acting and very different life he now lives
  • The Simpsons' producer clarifies Marge's 'death' and if she will be in future episodes
  • 'One of the most depressing and scary films ever made' is being shown on TV for only the fourth time ever tonight
  • How to watch 'one of most depressing and scary films ever made' for free

Choose your content:

an hour ago
2 hours ago
  • an hour ago

    People are only just noticing the ‘questionable’ Don’t Stop Me Now Queen lyrics years later

    To be fair, it is a cracking song

    Entertainment
  • an hour ago

    Martin Scorsese stopped working with Warner Bros after they tried to make decision over film with huge IMDb score

    The two camps did not see eye-to-eye over the Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon classic

    Entertainment
  • an hour ago

    Dating coach says one text message from a partner could actually be a very worrying sign

    Another one to add to the list, guys

    Entertainment
  • 2 hours ago

    Noel Gallagher spent years moving brother Liam's furniture around to convince him there was a ghost

    The Oasis frontman appears to be rather concerned by the paranormal

    Entertainment