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		</div><p>Former EastEnder Joe Swash has spoken about his previous financial woes for the first time.</p>
<p>The actor played Mickey Miller in the BBC One soap from 2003 to 2008, returning for a couple of episodes in 2011, but hit financial crisis with bankruptcy in 2009 over unpaid tax bills.</p>
<p>Swash has not talked about his problems before, but his agent said at the time that he was not in any financial difficulty otherwise and when a similar problem appeared to crop up in 2013 it was later annulled as an admin error.</p>
<p>Now, he has told the Daily Mirror: <i>“I got into EastEnders and was irresponsible with money.</p>
<p>“I was chucking it away on stuff I didn’t need.</p>
<p>“I went out every night and had a house with a mortgage.</p>
<p>“When you are young you just don’t think it is ever going to end.</p>
<p>“I thought I was going to be on EastEnders for years and years.”</i></p>
<p>However, Swash’s role in the soap was cut short when he got viral meningitis which kept him off work for a year and meant he had no safety net as he was self employed.</p>
<p>The star, who is promoting tips on how to improve credit ratings and manage money for credit card firm Aqua, said it had left him feeling ashamed.</p>
<p>He said: <i>“I fell behind on tax and bills and buried my head in the sand which was the worst thing to do. I should have faced up to it.</p>
<p>“The second time it happened I was on TV and I felt embarrassed and wondered how I managed to get myself into the situation. But it can happen to anybody.”</i></p>
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