Coronation Street’s Charlie Lawson has revealed something has ‘gone seriously wrong’ with his health after he was rushed to hospital this week.
The actor, 65, who is best known for his role as Jim McDonald – took to social media to reveal that he was struggling to walk after he fell over twice.
He confessed he was in ‘great pain’ and can no long stand on his tip toes.
Speaking in a video posted to X, he said: ‘Well hello folks, from a rather, erm, well I’m not sure what it’s doing outside to be honest with you.
‘It was rather nice when I came in, but here I am again in special day care in Macclesfield hospital waiting to see an osteopath and hopefully getting a transfer to Salford Royal to the spinal unit.
‘That’s the plan, but I was talking to you last time from the same cubicle and I ended up back at home at half ten at night so we shall wait and see.
Coronation Street ‘s Charlie Lawson has revealed something has ‘gone seriously wrong’ with his health after he was rushed to hospital this week
The actor, 65, who is best known for his role as Jim McDonald (pictured in 2020) – took to social media to reveal that he was struggling to walk after he fell over twice
‘I’m fine, I just simply can’t walk properly. I’m in great pain, and I can’t stand on my tiptoes now so this is very comfortable [in the bed] but if I stand up I just fall over so there’s something seriously gone wrong. So, I’ll keep you posted. Cheerio now!’
Alongside the clip, he penned ‘Encore une fois!!!’ which is French for ‘once again, one more time’.
The soap legend previously told fans that he had undergone an MRI scan and was waiting to hear back from a spinal surgeon after seeking medical attention the first time round.
First revealing his health problems on Wednesday, Charlie took to the social media platform to announce he was sent to the hospital after a physio therapy appointment.
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.’
Charlie – who married his long-time love Debbie Stanley in 2023 – also told one concerned fan that he was waiting to hear from the spinal surgeon.
He wrote: ‘Thanks darling, awaiting the opinion of the spinal surgeon. Xxx (sic)’
He confessed he was in ‘great pain’ and can no long stand on his tip toes. Speaking in a video posted to X, he said:’I’m fine, I just simply can’t walk properly. I’m in great pain, and I can’t stand on my tiptoes now’
First revealing his accident on Wednesday, Charlie took to the social media platform to announce he was sent to the hospital after a physio therapy appointment
Last year, Charlie admitted he doesn’t ever envisage being invited back to ‘Corrie’ to reprise his role as Jim, who he last portrayed in 2018.
He told the Daily Mirror newspaper at the time: ‘It wouldn’t shock me if he dies in Australia. I think it would be a terrible waste of a character, and I would stand up and have a pint and salute to him.
‘But I wouldn’t be broken-hearted because I’ve been back seven or eight times, for Christ’s sake, since 2001 that’s pretty damn good as it’s 2024.
‘Now I haven’t been back since 2018 but the whole world has changed since then into a crazy woke sort of… it’s all changed.
‘I’m not quite sure how Jim would react to 24 genders in Weatherfield. I suspect he would probably – if the writers had the courage – I suspect he would probably say that that was nonsense.’
Jim was famously married to former Rovers Return landlady Liz McDonald (Beverley Callard), but their relationship was tested by alcoholism and infidelity.
They divorced in 1997 after Liz had been unfaithful to him, and they remarried in 2000, but Jim was later imprisoned for the manslaughter of drug dealer Jez Quigley (Lee Boardman), who had previously beaten his son Steve (Simon Gregson) up over a job.
Liz divorced Jim for a second time during his prison sentence, and in 2011 he tried to win her back by robbing a bank. But he was put behind bars again.
In 2018, Jim returned to the series with a young woman called Hannah Gilmore (Hannah Ellis Ryan), whom he falsely claimed was his and Liz’s long-lost daughter Katie.
However, Hannah was actually Jim’s girlfriend, and the pair were later arrested for a money-making scam when the truth emerged.
