Called: Because she wants to. Billie Pipers new man will have to live in her ex-husband's shadow.
" I dont want to give girls ideas on losing weight". "i'd love to marry again" but Chris will always be in my heart. Billie Piper and Chris are incredibly close friends.
Billie Pipers short life has had more twists and turns than a soap opera. at 15 she was a pop star, at 18 she maried millionaire Chris Evans, then at 21 she was single again.
Now aged 24, shes one of our best-loved actresses. After splitting from boyfriend Amadu Sowe, who comforted her after her split from Chris, shes now dating Laurence Fox, an actor she met in reheasals for the stage play Treats, in which they play lovers.
The headspinning speed at which Billie lives and loves hasnt come without a cost, though. The star, who has been dogged by insecurity most of her life, now reckons shell never settle downand find the comfort shebriefly felt with Chris. "I used to think, 'Yes i can definitely see myself getting married again' - loads more times probably. But I'm in no rush," she admits.
"I do love being domesticated, but life can take you on a different course to the one you have planned for yourself. I've learned that you can't truly plan the future."
But one thing Billie is sure of - and something her new lover will need to get used to - i that no matter how close they get, Chrs Evans will remain a big part of her life. In fact Billie says their relationship is so unique she doesn't except Laurence to understand.
She says: "We have an extraordinary relationship and no one else understands it so they don't accept it. Chris and i are still really close and thats something that will never change."
Bille remins tight- lipped about Laurence but admits that work put a strain on her relationship with Amadu.
She says: "While i was filming Dr Who in Cardiff, i worked 12-to13-hour days. Most of the time i was in a hotel room with room service. Amadu visited, but not as much as i would of liked, and there wasn't much chance to do anything after work."
Billie won praise for her part as Rose Tyler in BBC1's Bafta-award-winning sci-fi seres Dr Who. Although she left the show last year, she'll be on be on our screens again next months ITV1's adaptation of Jane Austens Mansfield Park.
Despite her sucessful crossover from child pop sensation to serious actress, Billie, who has suffered recurring bouts of anorexia, still prefers to stay as far out of the public eye as possible. "i ca't bear parties and premieres, they make me feel unbelievably insecure," she says. "I get really clammy hands at things like that. "I'd rather see a film with my mates. I don't need to wlk down the red carpet ina backless dress to see a movie unless i'm going to support a friend who is in it.
"some people love that but is not for me. I don't think less of people who do it but i can't be bothered to put myself through the stress of finding a great outfit and hoping other people like it.
"My idea of a great night is to stay in with lots of food and sit on the sofa infront of the fire. I can't be bothered to do anything else.
Often, i get home from work and think, is it wrng to want to put my pyjamas on and go to bed at 7.30pm? I love going to bed early ad i love my sleep."
Billie blames most of her past problems on her pop career. "It really messed me up at time," she says. "I suppose it was because i wasn't happy doing it. It hasn't been high-flying the entire way. There have been times when my life has been pretty bleak, but 'm feeling good right now." And she admits she is nolonger hung up on her body image. During the worst of her anorexia, she tried eating tissues to fill herself up.
"I was always struggling with my weight, " she admits. "I'm a size 12 on the bottom half and a size 10 on the top. I never weigh myself. And i make sure iam careful not to give girls ideas on how to lose weight. THats what i used to do - i would read an article in a magazine about aorexia and think, 'OK, i'll do that'. I still hate looking at myself in photos.
"I was brought up on bread and butter so i'm a self -confessed bread addict. I probably shoul go to the gym more but i can't be bothered. I shouldn't smoke as much either, but i like a cigarette- I like all the things you aren't supposed to like.
"I enjoy good food at home and i walk my dog a lot, but i dont have an exercise routine. American actrs will get up at 3am and go to the gym for two hours and then start their day. I can't think of anything worse. Thats wh they look so amazing - but i would rather be in bed."
As to the futher, Billie, who lives Belsize Park, North London, says: "its hard to predict anything. If someone said to me two years ago, you will have been in a massive TV sow , won some awards and written a book, i would have said 'rubbish'. "It just goes to show that you never know what life has in store for you".
Mansfield Park is in ITV1 on March 18.
Billies love line
*1999 to 2000
Dates Richie Neville of boy
band 5ive for 18 months.
*2000
Briefly linked with
actor Danny Dyer after
splitting with Richie.
*2001 to 2004
Weds Chris Evans at 18. Split
at 21. Divorced in 2006.
*2004 to 2006
Stays with "Tantric sex expert"
Amandu Sowe for two years.
*2006 to Present
Meets actor Laurence Fox
starring in stage play Treats.
They've been together since.
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