As an ex-TOWIE cast member, Vas Morgan is used to the drama of being on a reality show. But when his drink and drug addiction saw his life spiral out of control, he knew it was time to quit, escape the country and get himself clean.
When I chat to the 32-year-old on the phone, he’s in Los Angeles in lockdown. It’s a far cry from his days filming in Essex, where he was regularly embroiled in arguments with other cast members on the backstreets of Brentwood – I should know, I was there! “I never felt I was ever true to myself when I was on the show,” he tells me. “A lot of the time I was playing up to the camera and not being myself.