Coronation Street star Jack P Shepherd was left reeling after a nondescript trip to the bins ended in a horrific confrontation with a rat.
The 32-year-old, who plays David Platt on Corrie, revealed he was attacked by a rat when he tried to put out his rubbish last Sunday evening.
Speaking to his co-stars Colson Smith and Ben Price on the Sofa Cinema Club podcast, Jack dished out the gruesome details of the attack.
The soap star had been standing outside his home in Manchester, which he shares with his girlfriend Hanni Treweek, when the unsettling incident occurred.
He explained: “A rat attacked me. I was putting the bins out on Sunday night. I’ve told you before about the infestation of the rats in my area.
Jack branded the rat attack as “terrifying” (Image: Internet Unknown)
“It was night time. I had my big slippers on. I was pulling the wheelie bins out and as I’m dragging them up the street there must have been a rat in the bin.”
The rodent suddenly emerged from its hiding place and targeted Jack’s neck, as he went on: “So the movement of me pulling the wheelie bins has disturbed him.
“He’s gone to leap out of the bin and he’s jumped on my f**king neck! Behind my neck!
The little furball targeted the Corrie star’s neck (Image: Getty Images)
“He sort of slithered down my body, and sort of rolled onto the floor. A great, fat, b******d rat. Massive. Slimy. He’d been in the bin!”
However, despite the spooky nature of the attack, Jack was more worried about the rat’s wellbeing than his own.
He said: “He jumped, hit the neck, and might have hurt himself on the back of my neck because he rolled down my body for an eternity before he landed on the floor!
Jack rose to fame playing Weatherfield’s resident troublemaker, David Platt
“I didn’t know what it was at first, I thought someone was tapping me on the shoulder it was that big.”
Clearly still shaken by the attack, he added: “It was terrifying!”
In the aftermath, the rat seemed just as terrified as Jack, as he scuttled away through a neighbours lawn, disappearing into the night.
Jack continued: “He ran off through someone’s garden. The bin lid was open a bit because the bin bag didn’t quite go in. I took all my clothes off and had to get a shower!”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
