Coronation Street star reveals he's so skint he can't turn his heating on as he claims BBC cancelled TV job due to anti-trans views
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Coronation Street star Charlie Lawson has opened up about his financial worries as he admitted he is so skint he couldn't afford to put the heating on this winter. The Irish actor, 64, who is best known for playing Jim McDonald on the ITV soap, revealed that 2024 was his worst ever year in the entertainment industry and he claimed was even cancelled by the BBC after they said he had 'anti-trans views'.
![[The Irish actor, 64, who is best known for playing Jim McDonald on the ITV soap, revealed that 2024 was his worst ever year in the entertainment industry (pictured in Corrie)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/09/94203017-14295615-image-a-1_1737104414921.jpg)
The financial woes were also impacted by the closure of his wife Debbie's farm shop in Prestbury, Cheshire, which left them facing legal action over unpaid debts of nearly £50,000. Speaking on The Nolan Show, Charlie confessed: '2024 is the most unsuccessful year I've had in 44 years.
![[Explaining the couple couldn't afford to put the heating on he continued: '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']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/09/94203055-14295615-Explaining_the_couple_couldn_t_afford_to_put_the_heating_on_he_c-m-21_1737106475214.jpg)
'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.'. Asked how he pays the bills, he told host Stephen Nolan: 'I work for GB News at the moment and I've got to renegotiate that contract next year and my wife Debbie runs a women's refuge.'.
![[It isn't the first time Debbie (pictured) and Charlie have struggled financially after their farm shop went bust in 2018, with the star admitting they had no choice but to 'pull the plug']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/09/94203023-14295615-image-a-15_1737104545794.jpg)
Coronation Street star Charlie Lawson has revealed he's struggling financially and can't turn on his heating on as he claims BBC cancelled TV job due to anti-trans views. The Irish actor, 64, who is best known for playing Jim McDonald on the ITV soap, revealed that 2024 was his worst ever year in the entertainment industry (pictured in Corrie).
![[As host Stephen Nolan asked him why his work has slowed down, Charlie claimed he was cancelled by the BBC after they believed he was anti-trans (pictured on Corrie in 2018)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/09/94203045-14295615-image-a-17_1737104723051.jpg)
