‘You have to laugh otherwise it just kills you’: Billie Piper admits ‘huge life crisis’ after divorce from Laurence Fox

Billie Piper has admitted having a “huge life crisis” following her divorce from Laurence Fox, revealing she “had to laugh otherwise it just kills you”.

The 35-year-old actress told how she began questioning whether she'd become trapped in a cycle of “repetitive, negative behaviour.”

Piper first married at the age of 18 to presenter Chris Evans before splitting with him six years later, she then married Fox in 2007 but the pair divorced in 2016.

Opening up ahead of a new TV role, Piper told The Sun: “It’s about a woman who is going through a massive life crisis, which is how it feels to be in your thirties, actually.

“I think [the thirties are] very challenging. I think your thirties are a time when you start reflecting on everything you have or haven’t achieved, and where you’re going and what your mental health is like — are you in a circle of repetitive, negative behaviours?

“Your twenties are fun, wild and without consequence. Obviously there are dark moments in your twenties, but pretty much when you compare them to your thirties, they’re a bloody walk in the park.

“In your thirties it’s like, ‘Wow, s*** is getting real.”

Speaking on the Stagecraft with Gordon Cox podcast, the singer added: “It’s a good climate to talk about being a woman and what you’re subjected to and how you move forward.

“You have to laugh at a moment’s life crisis because otherwise it just kills you.”

Details of Piper’s upcoming TV project remains under wraps, however she did confirm that the script has been written by the creator of Secret Diary of a Call Girl.