Former soap star Sean Ward has revealed that he lost his home after taking part in anti-vax protests and his acting work dried up.
The ex-Corrie star, 33, played bad boy Callum Logan on the ITV soap between 2014 and 2015.
He was nominated for The British Soap Award for Villain of the Year and for Best Newcomer and his character ended up being buried below Gail Platt’s house.
He admitted that he had to hand back the keys to his four-bedroom house and put his belongings into storage because he could no longer afford the rent.
Sean then struggled to pay the storage fees so had to sell his belongings. He is now having to sleep on a mattress on the floor of his friend’s spare room.
Earlier this year, the actor, who also starred in BBC military drama Our Girl with ex-Corrie star Michelle Keegan, shared photos of himself attending an anti-vax protest. He now claims he lost almost everything after airing his beliefs.
In a lengthy Instagram post he wrote: “Firstly the work dried up. No one would hire me whether in front of or behind the camera, all my usual ways of making money just stopped, eventually I couldn’t afford the rent.
“So I gave up my 4 bed house and move onto my friend’s couch. I had to put all my belongings into storage. After a while I couldn’t afford to pay the storage bill and after about 4 weeks of missing the payments – equating to about £500 – Safe store UK sold all belongings.
“My sofa, my bed frame, my office equipment, desk, chair, wardrobes, mirrors, all my coats and clothes and my projector.
“Everything to fill a family house. My whole life was in that storage unit. I lost it all. I was devastated but I couldn’t ask anyone for help because it was my choice to speak out.
“Luckily I got my mattress out in time and I’ve been sleeping on that in a friend’s spare room for over a year now. He has given me a safe space when I really needed it.
“I haven’t paid any rent to this man and it makes me extremely tearful when I think how amazing that really is.”
He also revealed he couldn’t afford to run his Honda Civic car– dubbed his “beautiful Jenny” and it was seized by the DVLA for having no tax.
Sean added: “Was it all worth it? Yes! If I’ve saved one life then yes.”
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