Billie Piper recently opened up about how her marriage to Chris Evans affected her “public image,” calling it “getting drunk with an old man.”

according to latin bible, The mother-of-three opened up about her marriage to Evans, who is 17 years older than her, and recalled the time she went to auditions.

Sharing her experience, she noted: “A lot of it was just tabloid fodder rather than ‘Oh, she’s a pop star.’”

“It was more, ‘She’s a pop star, and then she slept with an older man for five years.’ I think that’s what stuck with me when I walked into the audition room,” she explained.

“The old man. Not the old man. He is an old man now, but then, I was an old man, too.”

Speaking of her whirlwind romance, Piper gushed: “Loved that time. Learned so much. I really needed it after what I had been through leading up to that moment.”

“I feel like I’ve really found a real friend. I want to meet someone who’s been through [fame] It’s been very cultured at this level for 20 years. And also drunk, which is what I needed. I had a lot of fun those years. ” she concluded.

For those who don’t know, although the former couple divorced in 2007, they are said to still be good friends.

Piper has been in a relationship with Tribes frontman Johnny Lloyd since 2016, with whom he has her third child, Tallulah Lloyd .