{"id":85890,"date":"2023-09-25T14:59:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T14:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=85890"},"modified":"2023-09-25T14:59:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T14:59:41","slug":"im-a-tv-star-and-i-was-born-to-find-gold-i-binned-my-old-life-for-heartwrenching-reason-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/tv-movies\/im-a-tv-star-and-i-was-born-to-find-gold-i-binned-my-old-life-for-heartwrenching-reason-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m a TV star and I was born to find gold \u2013 I binned my old life for heartwrenching reason | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SALVAGE Hunters star Drew Pritchard has revealed he was forced to ditch drinking and start &quot;from scratch&quot; after a string of personal woes.<\/p>\n<p>The antiques dealer, 53, found fame on the popular programme more than a decade ago, after a lifelong fascination with treasures.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/drew-pritchard-358625283.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/drew-pritchard-paul-cowland-salvage-702653291.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The long-running series follows the decorative salvage dealer as he travels throughout the UK in search of antiques to re-sell.<\/p>\n<p>However, dealing with pressures including a divorce from his wife Rebecca in 2017, Drew decided he had to quit drinking two years ago. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had a blip in the middle where everything just got too much for me, which I\u2019m over now and working on,&quot; he told The Times. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;I\u2019ve started again from scratch. 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