EastEnders and Hollyoaks actor Richard Blackwood has recalled his suicidal rock-bottom back in 2003. The actor, 48, revealed how he'd bought a gun during a battle with depression.
He'd also become bankrupt and intended to end his own life. During a bravely honest Instagram interview, Richard said that for years, only a handful of people knew about what he'd been through. "I tried to shoot myself.
I went to pull the trigger," he admitted. "In terms of the suicide and only the people that were there really know. "I don't have it now and it's way past, I tried to shoot myself." Richard went on to describe how his ex-girlfriend, Samia Stokes, had slapped the gun from his hand and saved his life. "I had a strap [gun]," he continued, "and I went
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