Coronation Street actor Alex Bain has bravely opened up on how vile trolling has affected his mental health. The teenager, 19, is best known for playing Simon Barlow on the ITV soap, and has been through a lot in his rise to fame as a child star.
Alex explained he was "picked on at school" and has also faced online abuse from people who labelled him a "bad dad" when he welcomed his little girl at the age of 17.
He says he's been through some "dark times" since first joining the show aged seven. Thankfully, the star is in a better place now and admits his girlfriend Mollie Lockwood and daughter Lydia-Rose, two, have helped him get through.
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