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‘Wanted to hurt myself’ EastEnders' Rita Simons on depression battle after marriage ended
EastEnders actress Rita Simons candidly opened up about her marriage breakdown in a recent interview.The Roxy Mitchell star split from her husband of 14 years, Theo Silveston, in 2018.Rita, 44, explained how she felt she had reached a “crisis point” after the end of their marriage.The beloved actress candidly spoke about how she fought depression following their split.Speaking in an interview published yesterday: “It was a deep sadness, I would say a depression.“I couldn’t see the wood for the trees.”Rita went on to share how she felt that she didn’t want to work but had to, so threw herself into everything.But, the actress explained this led her to become “very ill” and she “lost a lot of weight.”She then shared to The Sun how she reached a crisis point while working on the play The House On Cold Hill in 2019.She said: “There were some stairs on the set that I came on stage on, quite high at the top.“And I thought I could just chuck myself down.
