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Daniella Westbrook excited to turn 40

Daniella Westbrook
Daniella Westbrook

Approaching the big 40, actress Daniella Westbrook admits she is feeling her age around her young Hollyoaks co-stars.

The soap star admits that she changes in the toilet because she shares a changing room with 25-year-old Jorgie Porter.

"They are a brilliant bunch and I love them to bits, " she told This Morning. "And its my 40th birthday this year and I'm very excited...Do I feel pressure? Oh no, I'm in a dressing room with Georgie Porter and all the cute little Hollyoaks honeys and they're just adorable."

Daniella joined EastEnders when she was just a teenager. She compared her own experience in the 1990s with how young actresses cope with being in the public eye and prey to all manner of tabloid scrutiny.

"It's just so different, because everything's so celebrity based now - and these kids get famous real quick and there's so many of them and they work so hard at Hollyoaks and for a lot of them its their first big job. And they're fun - you can't feel old when you're working on a job like that."

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