The Big Breakfast presenter, who died aged 41 in 2000, was left at her lowest point following devastating events that left her feeling like everything was vanishing.
TV presenter Hughie Green, who rose to fame with Opportunity Knocks, on ITV, was revealed to be the late Paula Yates biological father after his death from cancer in May 1997.
Paula Yates rollercoaster life is recounted in a new Channel 4 documentary. Born in 1959 in Colwyn Bay, Conwy, she was raised by a father she feared, and a mother who she was afraid of losing.