Emmerdale actor, 53, has opened up about a real-life incident which he found "weirdly traumatising."Tweeting to his 187,000 Twitter followers, Mark wrote: "Happily reading on the train listening to soft ambient music on my headphones.
Very soft."“How subtle and comforting,”I thought,until someone tapped me on the shoulder and politely mentioned that my headphones were off and everyone was being subjected to Brian Eno.""I hate myself."Mark's Twitter followers were amused by his mortifying tale, and were quick to share their own tales of headphone malfunctions leading to public transport mortification.Novelist Jill Mansell sympathised, writing: "This happened to me whilst I was on the train watching a harrowing documentary on euthanasia"Mark responded: "Oh god!!
It’s weirdly traumatising!!!"Several fans took the opportunity to praise Mark for his recent Emmerdale scenes, where his character has been dealing with the after effects of a stroke.
One wrote: "Don’t worry about the music Mark! Your portrayal of Marlon and his stroke is off the scale awesome! I was in tears watching tonight when Mary said” if you fall I will catch you”.
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