Kent's Danniella Westbrook has denied rumours circulated by The Sun that she performed a sex act on boyfriend in car on the M25.

The Bizarre editor Dan Wootton claimed yesterday, based on 'TV sources', that the EastEnders actress was in a paid-for chauffeur driven car when she performed the act on boyfriend George Arnold.

The 42-year-old last night fervently denied the accusations made by the showbiz journalist about her, and her 23-year-old boyfriend.

In an Instagram post she wrote: "So this is tonight's drama, a fake story... that is completely damaging to my boyfriend and my kids. I'm sure this industry wants me to end up dead.

"No matter how much you lovely people support me, I feel so broke by this it's unreal."

She ended her post with #FeelLikeGivingUpActing&LeavingUK.

The mother-of-two is due to appear on British screens in her return to EastEnders this evening as Sam Mitchell, in the storyline around Peggy Mitchell’s death.

The star joined the London-based soap 25 years ago, but has been repeatedly axed and re-hired in the past because of ongoing drug problems. At one point her cocaine addiction meant she completely eroded her nasal septum.

In April, Danniella, who is formerly from Higham, posted a video on Instagram of her arrival at the luxurious Ingress Park, Greenhithe, where she now lives with George.