Darren Day's unlikely new life: After six engagements, cocaine binges that left friends fearing the worst and drink

Former West End star Darren Day recalled how he had 'sobbed like I've never sobbed before' as he refused to eat, sleep or change his clothes for a week. His life, he later revealed, was in tatters.


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