Danniella Westbrook’s daughter Jodie Jenkins gives update on mum’s mystery illness that left her bedbound
DANNIELLA Westbrook’s daughter Jodie Jenkins has given an update on her mum’s mystery illness.
The ex EastEnders star sparked concern among her fans last week when she said she wasn’t feeling well and was bedbound.
Danniella, 48, added in a post on Instagram: “I’m so not happy right now… I’m fuming.”
Her daughter Jodie, 20, commented on her mum’s health in a recent interview.
She shared: “She’s doing well and she’s doing really well for herself.
“I haven’t seen her as much because I’ve been working but we keep in contact as much as we can.
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“Nowadays, I have quite a healthy relationship with my mum and my dad, so it’s lovely, she’s doing really well,” she added to Daily Star.
It comes after Danniella appeared on a podcast with Paul Danan and Jumpin Jack Frost to discuss her years of drug addiction.
Admitting she “wasted years of her life”, Danniella said: “It’s taken me 48 years to get to that point and I can’t say I’ll be there tomorrow.
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“The worst thing I have done is throwing my life away, hating myself, the years I have wasted not liking the person I am.”
Danniella is currently undergoing operations to get her rib implanted in her face after drugs left her with crumbling bones and a collapsed jaw and cheekbone.
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She went under the knife to help rebuild her face – and restore her shattered self-confidence.
She believes her collapsed face was caused by cocaine laced with lethal animal de-wormer.