Danny Dyer admits that he "hates" what alcohol does for him as he talks for the first time about the collapse of NTAs

EastEnders star, Danny Dyer, spoke for the first time of his failure at the National Television Awards in 2017.

Before spending the evening of ITV Good Evening Britain last month , the actor declined the offer of a beer "

He told presenter Piers Morgan:" Not for me, it's been 18 months since I've been down since my well documented problems .

He was asked if he had missed the alcohol, he replied, "A little, but not really, I hate what it does to me, the way I behave." 19659002] "The problem is, once I start, I can not stop myself."

Dyer, who plays Queen's owner Vic Mick Carter in the BBC soap, was seen declaiming in front of her co-stars at the awards ceremony. [19659002] It is thought that he fell off the wagon that night, after several attempts to curb his consumption of alcohol

A few days later, in January 2017, the actor, aged 40, took a six-week break on the show, during which he would have followed a course of detoxification

. Earlier, Dyer's daughter, Dani, currently appearing on Love Island, revealed that he had been dry since the incident, which would have caused problems between him and his wife Joanne Mas.