Former Coronation Street star Charles Lawson has been rushed to hospital after suffering two falls.
The actor played Jim McDonald in the soap regularly for 11 years from 1989, before returning intermittently for four further guest stints between 2003 and 2018.
Jim was the husband of the iconic Liz (Beverley Callard), and father to their sons Steve (Simon Gregson) and Andy (Nicholas Cochrane).
Away from soapland, Charles often appears as a pundit on the channel GB News.
Recently, the actor took to social media platform X to reveal that he was in A&E and waiting for a diagnosis after falling over.
In a video, he said: ‘Hi folks, went to physio this morning and she sent me straight to A&E, which I did. They examined me. I have an MRI scan and I’m sitting waiting for the results.
‘They’ve whisked me back in for more examinations so it’s not going awfully well at the moment. Anyway, I’ll keep you updated.
‘They put a wristband on me and all sorts of craic. I’ve fallen over twice, so something going wrong down there.’
Charles received plenty of comments from his followers and friends on the post, all hoping he finds out what’s wrong and recovers quickly.
Jim’s final storyline in Coronation Street saw him return with a huge shock for Liz – their daughter Katie, who died as a baby, was actually still alive.
In a horrifying twist, it later transpired that the woman was actually his much younger girlfriend, and the pair had concocted the story to scam his family out of cash.
Charles has previously been quite vocal about the ITV soap and the changes the show makes to keep up with modern times.
Back in January, he stated that he doesn’t think Coronation Street will be around in 10 years time.
‘I don’t think it’s going to have a 94th birthday because television is fundamentally different’, he said while on a radio show.
‘I also think EastEnders’ days are numbered, and Emmerdale Farm’s days are numbered because of the ratings.
‘It is nothing like the 15 to 21 million we were getting. People dip in and out now. If the income is falling from advertising revenue, they are not going to hang around, are they?
‘I don’t watch it.’
He continued: ‘It’s a different animal now. It’s issue driven now as opposed to when I was there in the 90s, it was character driven.
‘Its issue driven now, there’s a degree of wokery involved, there’s a degree of political correctness involved and also there are subjects that need to be touched upon, whereas in my day it was character driven.’
