Tuppence Middleton puts obsessive-compulsive disorder at the center of the conversation, stripping away celebrity gloss to describe a condition that has shaped her life since she was 11.

In a new interview tied to the paperback release of her memoir Scorpions, Middleton sketches a portrait of daily life that moves between the funny, the awkward and the deeply personal. Reports indicate she speaks candidly about everything from a pop-culture faux pas involving Dua Lipa to a low-stakes guilty pleasure — watching Naked Attraction when her partner is out — but the sharpest detail lands elsewhere: her account of living with OCD and the intense fear of vomiting linked to emetophobia.

“That comes from my emetophobia, which is a huge part of my OCD.”

The interview also broadens the picture beyond a single diagnosis. Middleton reportedly touches on restless legs syndrome and on a jarring realization at a housewarming party, adding to a public narrative that refuses to flatten health into a neat label. That matters because her career continues to move across film, television and stage, from The Imitation Game and Mank to the next series of Slow Horses, even as she writes openly about the private strain behind the work.

Key Facts

  • Tuppence Middleton says she has lived with OCD since the age of 11.
  • She identifies emetophobia, or fear of vomiting, as a major part of that condition.
  • Her memoir Scorpions is due out in paperback on 21 May.
  • The actor also discusses restless legs syndrome and her home life in the interview.

Middleton’s comments land in a wider culture that often rewards polished disclosures over messy truth. By mixing frank health talk with ordinary domestic detail, she makes mental illness sound less abstract and more lived-in. She also reminds readers that public figures can talk about compulsions and fear without turning them into spectacle.

What happens next may matter more than any single anecdote. As Scorpions reaches new readers and Middleton returns to the screen, her openness could push a broader conversation about how OCD actually operates in everyday life — not as a stereotype, but as a condition that threads through work, relationships and the smallest routines.