Chris Fountain 'in dark place' after Coronation Street axe for rape rap video
31.05.2022 - 15:07
/ ok.co.uk
Former Coronation street star Chris Fountain has talked openly about his depression battle after he was axed from the soap in 2013, following a video emerging online of him rapping about women. Chris, 34, who has also appeared in Hollyoaks, played Tommy Duckworth from 2011 until his sacking, when the video in question surfaced, in which he rapped about rape. Some of the lines from the rap included: “I will **** anybody up in the worst way, rape a b***h on her birthday”.
In 2013, an ITV spokesman said the actor's contract had been terminated "as a result of the unacceptable comments he made in a number of online clips”. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter . You can sign up at the top of the page.
Nine years on, Chris appeared on his former Corrie co-star Ryan Thomas and his brothers’ podcast, Mancs on the Mic, to talk about his experience and the effect it’s had on his mental health and career. Admitting his mental health struggles, Chris said: “I've been in some very dark, horrible places, to the point where I realised I needed to start changing the way that I was thinking – otherwise I might not have been here. “My life, my job, my image, my reputation – everything was just ripped away.
Within 24 hours. I didn't leave my house for four days.” He continued: “I'd never been this discombobulated before. I was meant to go on This Morning and then that got cancelled because they didn't want me on there.
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