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Paul Danan’s brother Jamie has insisted the troubled actor ‘didn’t mean die’ five months on after his death from a cocktail of drugs including cocaine and heroin.
The Hollyoaks star, 46, was found unresponsive at his flat in Bristol on January 15 before being pronounced dead by emergency service workers at the scene.
Jamie, 48, revealed Paul had been sober shortly before his death and he will forever treasure a memory of them attending a Prodigy gig together during that time.
He told The Mirror: ‘I had probably my best night out with him, He was totally clean. He was very close with Liam from Prodigy. He was sort of like an honorary member in some ways’.
‘It was amazing, but, sadly, he couldn’t maintain his clean time’, Jamie said that his brother sadly began using drugs again around Christmas 2024, but always assumed he’d bounce back.
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Paul Danan’s brother Jamie (L) has insisted the troubled actor (R) ‘didn’t mean die’ five months after his death from a cocktail of drugs including cocaine and heroin
The Hollyoaks star, 46, was found unresponsive at his flat in Bristol on January 15 before being pronounced dead by emergency service workers at the scene (pictured 2002)
Speaking to the publication, he described his grief as ‘raw’ and ‘surreal’ saying that with less than two years between the pair he’d always considered his younger brother more of a twin.
‘[Paul] was troubled and underneath it all, he found things difficult which is why he relied on drink and drugs, that pressure was just taken off him in the end. He certainly didn’t mean to die. Just whatever happened, happened, unfortunately.
Paul had been staying in a ‘dry house’ – homes made to help with addiction support.
In 2020 he moved back in with his parents in Essex after he became homeless having spent a reported £1million on rehab and recovery over the years.
Speaking about his drug problems, the actor explained on a podcast that he was introduced to cocaine before going on to use crystal meth and heroin.
Talking about his addictions and treatment during lockdown he said: ‘I will probably go to Bristol … go and live in a dry house, I need to carry this on and be in a house with addicts who are in recovery.’
Danan had been due to appear for a plea hearing at Warrington Magistrates’ Court on January 16 after being charged with being in possession of cocaine and cannabis, according to court documents.
He was also accused of driving whilst under the influence of drugs on October 2 last year, in Warrington, Cheshire after being stopped by police at the wheel of a Fiat 500.
Jamie, 48, revealed Paul had been sober shortly before his death and he will forever treasure a memory of them attending a Prodigy gig together during that time
Speaking to the publication, Jamie described his grief as ‘raw’ and ‘surreal’ saying that with less than two years between the pair he’d always considered his brother more of a twin (pictured on Hollyoaks
He was charged with two counts of possessing cocaine and one of driving a vehicle under the influence of drugs and was due to appear at Warrington Magistrates Court the day after he died.
He was also fined £350 in 2010 after being caught with drugs.
Paul is believed to have been put forward for a TV comeback on reality show Celebs Go Dating some three years after last appearing on TV in Celebrity Coach Trip.
Paul played troublemaker Sol Patrick in the Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks from 1997 until 2001, leaving after his character fled the country.
The show won him fame and admirers – but he struggled to secure permanent acting work after his departure and struggled with substance use.
He would later reinvent himself as a reality TV star, appearing on shows such as the original Celebrity Love Island, Celebrity Come Dine With Me and Celebrity Juice. He was also a housemate on Celebrity Big Brother in 2017.
In what would prove to be one of his final interviews, he told MailOnline he had chosen to quit Hollyoaks to pursue a career in Hollywood – an admirable bid that never quite paid off.
He said in November last year: ‘Maybe years ago I shouldn’t have left Hollyoaks, but I made that decision because after four years, I didn’t want be typecast.
‘Back then, everyone didn’t want to be the next Ken Barlow. You wanted to go off and play different roles, especially when you’re a real actor.
‘I needed to play different roles, I mean how many storylines can one character have? I wanted to go to LA and I did. And I got very close to some very big, big films and things like that. But the rejection… the one thing I hate in life is rejection.
‘I chose the one job in the world that that gives you that, go figure. But at the same time, I love it more than anything, just to be there on set and to be part of that world. It is everything that I always trained for.
‘Acting is a tough job and I think you don’t realise how lucky you are when you’re in a soap and you’ve got the closest thing to a nine to five job in acting that you can get. And when you get out there, you’re like s***, man, it is really tough.’
