Wife of Hollywood actor claims she's ‘always broke' and ‘lives pay cheque to pay cheque'
The television presenter, 46, who has been married to Bridesmaids actor Chris O'Dowd since 2012, has opened up about her money woes.
PADawn O'Porter has opened up about her financial struggles[/caption]
GettyDawn is married to Hollywood actor Chris O'Dowd[/caption]
AlamyChris got his big break in Hollywood with a role in the comedy caper Bridesmaids[/caption]
She expressed to MailOnline: 'I work pay cheque to pay cheque. I'm always broke. My card got declined last week. I'm like, what the f*** is happening? When will this end?'
The Scottish writer and director has had a varied career, presenting several documentaries and shows including BBC's Super Slim Me and How To Look Good Naked on Channel 4.
Meanwhile, Chris, 45, has starred in some of Hollywood's biggest productions, including This Is 40, Thor: The Dark World, Gulliver's Travels and St. Vincent.
The couple have two children, sons Art, 11, and Valentine, who is eight years old.
The family returned to London last Summer after living in Los Angeles for the past eight years.
This isn't the first time Dawn has opened up about her financial woes as she previously alluded to living quite a humble lifestyle.
While appearing on the White Wine Question Time podcast with Kate Thornton, she explained: 'I've never seen myself as a celebrity.
'Even though I'm married to Chris, who is quite a well-known actor, I don't think either of us have ever seen ourselves as celebrities.
'I guess if I was a celebrity, I'd get paid lots of money to do things that aren't necessarily my job or don't really feed what I do, but I don't. My job is writing, with the occasional little ad on Instagram to pay the rent.'
After struggling to find her place in the bright lights of Hollywood, Dawn decided to return to the UK but it wasn't smooth sailing.
She recounted: 'We were living in LA and I just said to Chris, I've got to go back to London to try and claw back my career.
'And we came back to London for a bit and I'd go for these meetings at TV production companies and I'd been successful.
'I had my own series on Channel 4… and they'd be like, 'What do you want to do?' and I was like, 'I want to do what I do'. But no one wanted to employ me.'
The mum-of-two had a regular column with Stylist magazine which she was dropped by and that really affected her confidence.
'I was cool. I had my own show on Channel 4… then as my career just kind of… declined, I think they looked at me and were like, well she's just not that interesting anymore,' Dawn revealed,
'It was the final blow to my confidence. I was absolutely on the floor because I always felt that writing would be the thing that saved me.
Dawn released her first novel in 2013, Paper Aeroplanes, which is a fictional story loosely inspired by her upbringing in Guernsey.
She went on to release The Cows in 2016 which earned her a place on the Sunday Times Best Sellers List.
GettyThe couple moved back to London after spending eight years living in Los Angeles[/caption]
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