Sheridan Smith 'pulls the plug on tell-all book about her life and exes including James Corden' after her surprise return to Gavin and Stacey

Sheridan Smith has 'scrapped plans to release her autobiography', titled Honestly, after rethinking her decision to share personal details of her life.

The award winning actress, 43, known for her roles in The Royle Family and Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, had originally announced the book in 2021, with a release date set for October that year. 

At the time Sheridan has said it would delve into 'my darkest moments' and 'a lot of truths will come out!'

Despite working with a ghostwriter, the project faced multiple delays and has now been shelved indefinitely.

The book was expected to reveal candid details about her battles with alcohol, mental health struggles, and high-profile relationships, including those with actor James Corden and her ex-partner Jamie Horn, the father of her four-year-old son, Billy.

However it is now thought Sheridan priorities have shifted and she no longer feels comfortable publishing the book in its current form. 

A source told The Sun: 'Sheridan has had a busy few years and didn't have time to put the finishing touches to the book.

'Her mindset is different now and she doesn't want this version to come out.

'She felt unsure whether she wants to put all of her life on pages for everyone to read.' 

MailOnline have contacted Sheridan's representatives for comment. 

It comes as Sheridan who played Rudi, the younger sister to James Corden's Smithy, reprised her role for the finale episode of Gavin and Stacey. 

The award winning actress played the larger than life character in series one and two of the hit show and whilst didn't star in the 2019 Christmas Special, she did make a cameo in the 2024 Christmas Day show. 

Before the episode aired a source told The Sun the actress stepped right back in to Rudy's shoes and it was 'like no time had passed at all'.

The source added: 'Sheridan was over the moon she could go back into the fold and her scenes are brilliant.' 

Sheridan is not only a familiar face to Gavin and Stacey fans, but the actress, who recently starred in Opening Night in London's West End, is also a familiar face to writer James. 

The pair dated during their time on the hit BBC sitcom between 2007 and 2009, and the former US talk show host even called her the 'love of his life' before they split.  

Sheridan has also been hard at work filming upcoming drama series I Fought The Law in North Tyneside. 

Her character Ann is a real woman who got the UK's 800-year-old 'double jeopardy' law overturned following the murder of her daughter Julie Hogg.

Julie was murdered by William 'Billy' Dunlop but jurors failed to find him guilty - twice.

This meant that even when Billy confessed, he could not be trialled again, in accordance with the law at the time. 

However, after almost 17 years of campaigning with her husband Charles, who died in 2013, Ann got this law amended, and Billy is currently serving a life sentence.

Julie, who was a mother to three-year-old, Kevin, and a wife to Andrew, was only 22 when she died. 

Tragically, Ann found Julie's body concealed in the bathroom of her terraced house in January 1990, 80 days after it was hidden there by Billy.

This was in spite of extensive searches of the property by police forensics teams in the days after her disappearance, who failed to detect her body.

Her daughter's killer had strangled and then sexually mutilated Julie, before hiding her body under the bath in her own house. 

Ann, now in her late 70s, is acting as a consultant throughout the production process of I Fought The Law.