Coronation Street star Charlie Lawson – who played Jim McDonald – was rushed to hospital after falling twice as doctors continue to investigate what might have caused it
Coronation Street legend Charlie Lawson has issued an update from hospital. The actor – who played Jim McDonald in the ITV soap – was rushed to hospital by his physiotherapist after falling twice.
Charlie took to social media to share a video from his hospital bed, where he was undergoing examinations after falling twice. The actor explained he had had an MRI and was waiting on more examinations.
In a clip shared online, he said: “Hi folks, went to physio this morning and she sent me straight to A&E, which I did. They examined me. I have an MRI scan and I’m sitting waiting for the results.
“They’ve whisked me back in for more examinations so it’s not going awfully well at the moment. Anyway, I’ll keep you updated. They put a wristband on me and all sorts of craic. I’ve fallen over twice, so something going wrong down there.”
Charlie previously opened up about money worries, admitting he was struggling to heat his home. He played Jim for several years on the ITV soap but said 2024 was his worst year working in the industry.
“2024 is the most unsuccessful year I’ve had in 44 years. And there are a lot of issues to do with that. I’ve got lots of white hair, I’m 64 and there are less parts around,” he said recently, “I’m in the living room with my shooting gear on because I’m a field sportsman and because I can’t have the heat on all day and it’s Baltic over here.
“You have lean times, I mean last year the heat was on all the time in the winter, this year it will not be. Debbie is manager of a women’s refuge, she has a wage. I have a wage at the moment until January so we’re all right but we haven’t been abroad this year, we don’t eat in The Ivy when we go back to Belfast. You cut your cloth. I live 50ft from a local bar in my village – The Rodney so I don’t have to get a taxi there, I can walk there and get a tab. There are a lot of people worse off than me. We have two incomes coming into the house – they’re not huge but we’re better off than an awful lot of people.”
Since leaving the soap, Charlie has blasted the programme – insisting it won’t be around in 10 years time.
“I don’t watch it. It’s a different animal now. It’s issue driven now as opposed to when I was there in the 90’s, it was character driven. It’s issue driven now, there’s a degree of wokery involved, there’s a degree of political correctness involved and also there are subjects that need to be touched upon, whereas in my day it was character driven,” he said.
“I don’t think Corrie will be around in 10 years time. I don’t think it’s going to be having a 94th birthday because television is fundamentally different. I also think EastEnders days are numbered and Emmerdale Farm’s days are numbered because of the ratings.”
Source: Mirror
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