I'm A Celebrity star Simon Gregson has detailed the torrent of horrific abuse he was subjected to after he joined Coronation Street.
The 47-year-old — who started playing Steve McDonald on the popular ITV soap in 1989 when he was just 15 years old — opened up to campmates about some of the shocking behaviour he has endured from the public in a candid conversation on the show last night.
He described being spat at, shouted at, and even beaten up by strangers after joining the show's cast, adding that this made him "hate" life away from the set for the first few years of his career.Simon also told his fellow contestants that it took him a long time to get used to some of the newfound pressures."It was difficult for a while to adjust.
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