Corrie legend Charlie Lawson says he can't afford to heat his home after being 'cancelled'
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Actor Charlie Lawson has opened up about his money worries as he claims he is struggling to afford to put the heating on in his home this year. The former soap star, best known for playing Jim McDonald on Coronation Street, says 2024 was his worst year working in the entertainment industry and he's been struggling to get work due to his controversial political views.
Charlie's financial woes intensified last year when his wife Debbie was forced to close her farm shop in Cheshire, resulting in the couple facing legal actions over unpaid debts amounting to nearly £50,000. 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 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.".
Quizzed on how he currently pays his bills, Charlie told 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." The actor went on to tell the host how he and his wife have been cutting back on how often they put the heating on.
"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," Charlie stated on the show. "You have lean times, I mean last year the heat was on all the time in the winter, this year it will not be.".
He continued: "Debbie is manager of a women's refuge, she has a wage. I have a wage at the moment until January so we're all right but we haven't been abroad this year, we don't eat in The Ivy when we go back to Belfast. You cut your cloth. I live 50ft from a local bar in my village - The Rodney so I don't have to get a taxi there, I can walk there and get a tab. There are a lot of people worse off than me. We have two incomes coming into the house - they're not huge but we're better off than an awful lot of people.".
