Eastenders star Jacqueline Jossa claims she had to sell her house after she left the soap in 2018.
The I'm A Celebrity winner and former soap star who is now 29, played Lauren Branning in the Albert Square drama,
She candidly talked about her money troubles on podcast The Sam and Billie Show with Sam and Billie Faiers saying she wasn't "embarrassed or ashamed" to share them with fans.
Jacquline, who has two children, now lives in a £1.2million house in Essex with Dan Osborne and her family.
She revealed, however, that following her departure from EastEnders four years ago she lost her regular income and needed to sell her house in 2019.
Jacqueline said: "You're right about the hustle. I was on EastEnders for eight years where you got a set pay cheque every week.
"It was a set pay cheque and I didn't have to do anything else. It was my comfort blanket, it was what I knew. Then it just wasn't.
"There's no such thing for me as maternity pay, so when I had kids I had to leave and I had to do magazine covers to make money to feed my kids."
She added: "Once you're gone, when you're not on the show, you don't have money. Done! You're not paid anything else.
"I'm going to have to do like a shoot. People go, 'Why are you selling your soul?' I'm feeding my kids. That's the difference. I'm not embarrassed, I'm not ashamed."
She said: "There's been times where I haven't had money. Before I went in the jungle I was struggling with money. I had to sell my house.
"And then I went in the jungle and had amazing opportunities, so I would never ever ever look at somebody and say, 'They're not hustling enough'. You have to do it."
Following her win in the jungle, Jac sold out her clothing collection with InTheStyle and now shows off the progress she's made with her family on Instagram.
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