Billie Piper says she was ‘waiting for something awful to happen’ amid Chris Evans break-up

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Billie Piper has said that she was “waiting for something awful to happen” amid her break-up with Chris Evans. felt like a really important moment in my life.” Piper added that Evans was fundamental to her early adulthood, and his guidance eventually encouraged her to abandon pop stardom in favour of acting. “It sort of inspired me to walk away and I think a lot of that came from having this healing period with Chris,” she continued, “where he taught me to pursue myself and what I wanted to do and protected me around people who were older and wanted had different intentions, different agendas.” After leaving music behind in her early twenties, Piper found incredible success as an actor, starring in series including Doctor Who, Secret Diary of a Call Girl and the critically acclaimed I Hate Suzie. Billie Piper and Chris Evans at a film premiere in 2004 Rare Beasts, Piper’s debut as a director and screenwriter, will be released on 7 May.