Coronation Street actor Charlie Condou has taken to social media to revealed how he was forced to "explain himself" to soap bosses after he "knocked a man to the floor" following an incident in Manchester.
The actor, who was on Corrie from 2007 to 2014, says he was groped when he was in the heart of the city's gay district, which caused him to lash out.
At the time Charlie was playing Marcus Denton the hit soap. Charlie tweeted: "Someone grabbed my arse on Canal street once and said 'let’s have a go on that Marcus'. "I knocked him to the floor. "Don’t recommend that though, had to explain myself to the producer." He later added to a concerned fan: "Someone had apparently filmed in on their phone and they were worrying about the press. "
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