Paul Danan opened up about his struggles with shopping addiction in a moving final interview before his death at the age of 46. The former Hollyoaks star is believed to have died after he slipped and fell at the 'dry house' where he was staying in Bristol in a bid to get clean, and was laid to rest on January 21. Shortly before his untimely death, Paul spoke to the Outlet Ten Discussions Podcast, where he opened up about battling a shopping addiction.

The actor also struggled with drug, alcohol and vaping addiction, revealing in 2022 that he had been to rehab 17 times. Recalling one of his stints, Paul revealed that during recovery he relapsed and ended up buying a £10,000 car that he couldn't afford after being given access to his mobile in order to check Covid test results. Paul Danan opened up about his struggles with shopping addiction in a moving final interview before his death at the age of 46.

He recalled pondering: 'I think I need a car. I wonder if NatWest would lend me 10 grand. 'So, I can't believe I'm saying this, I go on the app, and it f***ing gives me 10 grand, like that. Within a day, I had the money, and I just couldn't believe it. 'I'm shopping around, they're bringing up my food, saying 'don't worry Paul, the test will come back soon, we're so sorry you're in your room' and I was content...

'And then someone came up with my dinner, and I said to them, 'I just need to tell you this - I've just bought a car, but I'm gonna be here, and it's up North, and I don't know how I'm gonna get it. But I've paid for it, And it was 10 grand.''. 'They said, 'we knew you had a shopping addiction, but Paul, 10k you can't do that!' and they took my phone off me.'. Yet while Paul may have objected to having his phone taken away he revealed that it was during his period of reflection that he came up with the idea to launch Morning After Drama - a drama workshop service aimed at supporting the mental health and life development of people in active recovery.

Elsewhere in the podcast, Paul claimed he was related to a hugely-renowned Jewish prophet, and had hoped to marry his dream girl in a synagogue. The star revealed that he was a descendant of the Sephardic rabbi and philosopher Maimonides, also known by Jewish acronym Rambam, who changed the pathway' of the lives of his community. The actor is believed to have died after he slipped and fell at the luxury apartment near Bristol where he was staying on January 15.

He shared: 'My dad was born in Morocco, in Fez, and funnily enough my great, great, great, great, grandfather, we have a museum, he was the chief rabbi of Morocco. He was unbelievable and we're related to this prophet.'. 'They are so into this guy, because of what he did, he changed like the, the way, I should know more, and I feel embarrassed that I don't, but he changed the pathway of their lives, of the Jewish people's lives, and... he was also a bit naughty like me.

'I went to Portugal when I did like Celebrity Coach Trip, I met this guy and he was a Jewish bloke, and he did lthis excursion, where we did this meditation stuff, it was like mindfulness eating and stuff, and we were eating all different things, but we were really like, and we were like, Chewing it and really in the moment of what it was. 'Anyway, I got on really well of him and I told him I was relation, a relative of this man and his name is the Rambam right, and he was a lawyer, a psychiatrist or something, a doctor, and all these other things, but he was also a bit cheeky,he did what he did to get things.

'And we're talking like hundreds of years ago, but to be related to him is the most incredible thing. So when I see a rabbi and they literally bow down to me, I'm like ''what are you doing?''. 'I got invited to this Friday night dinner with this rabbi, he lives in Golders Green and and the whole evening and the whole dining table was in honor of me that's related to the Rambam and I [said] ''what what are you doing?''.

'When I go to Morocco and I see the RAMBAM museum, there's a synagogue and all the chief rabbis of the world are all buried there together, and my grandfather is there and it is amazing.'. Elsewhere in the podcast, Paul claimed he was related to a hugely-renowned Jewish prophet Maimonides (pictured) and had hoped to marry his dream girl in a synagogue. Sharing that this was the first time he's ever spoken about his family history, Paul went onto reveal that after sharing he links to the Jewish prophet, and she hopes to marry the girl of her dreams at the renowned synagogue he visited.

He went onto say: 'I went to the Danan synagogue and said ''if I found someone, could I get married here?'' Because it's not a place for people to get married, and he went ''because you're a Danan, you can.''. 'And I thought to myself, one day, if I do meet, I'm going to bring her here, we're going to get married at this synagogue because, oh my God, it's like a museum.'. Paul is believed to have slipped and fallen at the luxury apartment near Bristol where he was staying, leading to his death.