“Every time I was drinking I got into trouble. I guess sometimes I did provoke it. Everywhere I went there was trouble, trouble, trouble.
“I had to let people know the truth so I can put it all behind me. I regret all of it and I don’t ever want to do it again.
“In the past I’d answer back, but no more,” Jessie continued. “I don’t need the hassle.
“I’ve got Tallulah [her daughter] to worry about now. Having her was the turning point,” she told News of the World.
Jessie has been playing the iconic Kat Slater since 2000 and gave birth to daughter Tallulah, 17, in 2004.