Sean Ward was outspoken against the Covid vaccine (Picture: Rex Features)
Former Coronation Street star Sean Ward has revealed his previous anti-vaxx views left him spiralling ‘out of control many times.’
The 35-year-old, who starred as Callum Logan in the ITV soap, was very outspoken over his stance against the Covid-19 vaccine and attended several protests.
In September 2021, Sean was arrested during an anti-vaccination protest in Canary Wharf, London, and was pictured being escorted away by police.
However, he has been unable to secure work over the past three years, leaving him struggling to pay rent.
In one of his latest Instagram posts, the Our Girl actor detailed his experience alongside a picture of him on a red carpet during the peak of his acting career.
He penned: ‘I know deeply how lonely this can be and isolating, after trying to take my own life in 2018 after discovering the evil on this planet and no one caring.
Sean starred as Callum Logan in Corrie between 2014 and 2015 (Picture: Rex Features)
‘I decided using whatever s**tty little platform I’d built through my acting career to at least try sieve through the propaganda together and thereby sabotaging my own reasonably successful career- to go from earning 120K a year to 12K a year, sleeping on a mates mattress is actually unfathomable to most people.’
He continued: ‘I’m still building a life to feel proud of. It wasn’t much of a choice though as far as I’m concerned, but something of a moral necessity. And, of course, for the resourceful, there’s always more than one way to earn a living, and I’ve built myself back up many times over the last 3 years when all hope was lost, so it doesn’t feel like I’ve thrown away very much in fact.
The actor revealed he will return to acting when the time is right but also shared he used ‘alcohol and drugs’ after losing his Grandad.
He concluded: ‘I haven’t fallen into that horrible path now for months.
‘So i am proud of myself and anyone else feeling the same. You’re never alone. We all have shown we care. And that keeps me going. Thank you. Seany x.’
Sean was believed to have been on a salary of around £100,000 a year when he appeared on Coronation Street between 2014 and 2015. He went on to star alongside Michelle Keegan in BBC series Our Girl.
For his role in Corrie, the actor was nominated for The British Soap Award for villain of the year and the British Soap Award for best newcomer.
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‘Sleeping on a mates mattress is actually unfathomable to most people.’