Corrie legend Charlie Lawson says he can’t afford to heat his home after being ‘cancelled’

Charlie Lawson, an actor, has revealed his financial concerns after claiming that he is having trouble turning on the heating in his home this year.

The former soap actor, who is best known for playing Jim McDonald on Coronation Street, claims that 2024 was his worst year working in the entertainment sector and that his controversial political views have made it difficult to find work.

Due to his wife Debbie’s forced closure of her farm shop in Cheshire last year, Charlie’s financial problems became more severe, leading to the couple being sued for unpaid debts totaling nearly £500,000.

Discussing his money fears, the Irish actor confessed on The Nolan Show: “2024 is the most unsuccessful year I’ve had in 44 years. And that raises a number of issues. I’ve got lots of white hair, I’m 64 and there are less parts around”.

Charlie, who was enthused about how his current spending schedule is, told Stephen Nolan, “My wife Debbie runs a women’s refuge, and I work for GB News right now. I’ve got to renegotiate that contract next year.” The actor continued to explain to the host how he and his wife have been cutting back on how frequently they heat up.

Because I’m a field sportsman and I can’t have the heat on all day, it’s a bit cold outside, Charlie said on the program. You have lean times, right? Last year the heat was on all the time during the winter, but this year it won’t be.

He continued: “Debbie is manager of a women’s refuge, she has a wage. We’re all okay because I’ve got a wage until January, but this year we haven’t been abroad and we won’t eat in The Ivy when we return to Belfast. You cut your cloth. I can walk there and get a tab because I live 50 feet away from a neighborhood bar called The Rodney. Many people are far worse off than I am. Although our incomes are not particularly high, we are far more successful than many people.

Then Charlie ponders why offers aren’t coming in, with Charlie arguing that his political views, including his anti-trans stance, are what prevent him from explaining why he thinks work has dried up. “People in my industry won’t admit this, but it is about your beliefs, your standards and what you speak about on social media, that all has an effect”, he claimed.

With an offer to reprise his role on the cobbles, Charlie probably won’t be expecting a call from Coronation Street bosses any time soon. The actor who plays Jim McDonald attacked the ITV soap earlier this month. He shared his belief the long-running soap “won’t be around in 10 years” and claimed that the younger cast members are underpaid.

He suggested that the soap, which airs every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 8 p.m., was about to end, and he explained why he no longer watches it. Speaking on The Nolan Show, he said: “I don’t watch it. It’s a different animal now. It was character-driven when I was there in the 1990s, not as it was when I was there today. 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”.

Charlie further predicted: “I don’t think Corrie will be around in 10 years time. Because television is fundamentally different, I don’t believe it will have a 94th birthday. I believe that Emmerdale Farm’s days and EastEnders’ days are both numbered because of the ratings.

He lamented: “It is nothing like the 15 to 21 million we were getting. People now enter and exit. They won’t hang around if their income from advertising revenue is declining, are they? He concluded, “We are on half the money that we work over here,” as he put it. “If you go to do theater or TV anywhere else in Europe, America, or Canada as I do, you will get that.”

“Whether that be British actor’s Equity or whatever, traditionally we are on less than any of our acting fellows and ladies and gentlemen around the world”, he lamented. The initial negotiations for the Equity Minimum, which I recall working in Canada, cost about £300 per week more than ours.

He went on to say, “That’s the same in Europe. This country’s actors have endured years of poor treatment. You would be purchasing your own vineyard if you were hosting a show like Coronation Street in America. How unappreciative some of the young people and newcomers are of course.

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Source: Mirror