Patsy Kensit on Being a Child Star, 90’s Icon & Living With Grief
What happens when the life everyone sees as extraordinary has been shaped by trauma, loss and the constant need to survive?
In this episode of Begin Again, Patsy Kensit joins Davina for an emotional and deeply personal conversation about childhood fame, love, grief, PTSD, motherhood, addiction, losing everything and finding the strength to start again.
Patsy looks back on an extraordinary life in the spotlight: beginning her career at just four years old in The Great Gatsby, becoming one of Britain’s most recognisable young stars, working alongside Hollywood icons and finding herself at the centre of 80s and 90s pop culture. She shares unforgettable stories from Lethal Weapon 2, meeting David Bowie and the surreal experiences that came with growing up famous.
But behind the success was a childhood filled with fear. Patsy opens up about being told at six years old that her mother could die, growing up with a father who was repeatedly in prison, and the secrets she carried to protect her family. She reveals how a PTSD diagnosis decades later finally helped her understand the sadness, depression and fear she had lived with for most of her life.
She also reflects honestly on love and marriage, including her relationship with Liam Gallagher and the pressure of becoming one half of one of the most famous couples of the 90s. Patsy explains how the relationship became “bigger than me”, why she felt she lost part of who she was, and how becoming a mother ultimately forced her life to change.
Now, after losing her home and everything she had financially, Patsy is rebuilding from scratch. As she returns to Emmerdale more than 20 years after first playing Sadie King, she reflects on survival, gratitude, getting older and why, after everything life has thrown at her, she still chooses to see each new day as another chance to begin again.
This is a conversation about fame, family, grief, identity, survival and what it really means to find yourself again.
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(00:00) Intro
(01:17) Returning to Emmerdale After Years Away
(05:17) A PTSD Diagnosis and the Childhood Fear That Never Left
(08:56) Growing Up With a Father in and out of Prison
(11:30) The Reality of Life as a Child Star
(14:04) Davian Reads Your Stories (Monzo Ad)
(16:40) Behind the Scenes of Lethal Weapon 2
(26:34) Clubbing at 14 at the Famous WAG Club
(29:24) Memories of Working With David Bowie
(31:55) Marrying First Husband Dan Donovan
(33:13) Davina tries Monzo (Ad)
(34:21) Garnier Ad
(38:19) The Deep Importance of Marriage
(42:38) Meeting Jim Kerr and Their Relationship
(49:19) Losing Her Mother and Coping With Grief
(57:13) Inside a Turbulent Relationship With Liam Gallagher
(01:01:10) Alcohol, Addiction and Finding AA
(01:02:49) Living With Depression and PTSD
(01:06:41) Hysterectomy and the Reality of Perimenopause
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