Perdita
20-10-2008, 06:11
EX-CORRIE star Bruce Jones said playing Les Battersby wrecked his life — and claimed he was RELIEVED when he was sacked after a 19-pint bender.
Bruce was axed after a foul-mouthed drunken rant in which he slated co-stars and revealed the outcome of the soap’s top secret, the Tracy Barlow murder plot.
In The Dark Side Of Fame, he told Piers Morgan his life was made hell by fans thinking he really was Les — as well as long hours on set. He said of his sacking: “I was upset for half an hour then I said to my agent, ‘I feel there’s a weight off my shoulders’.”
Bruce, 55, also told of his horror at finding the body of fourth Yorkshire Ripper victim, Jean Jones. He said: “She had her hair burned, face smashed in, disembowelled.
“I had nightmares for years. I still do.”
The show is on BBC1, tonight at 10.35pm.
Bruce was axed after a foul-mouthed drunken rant in which he slated co-stars and revealed the outcome of the soap’s top secret, the Tracy Barlow murder plot.
In The Dark Side Of Fame, he told Piers Morgan his life was made hell by fans thinking he really was Les — as well as long hours on set. He said of his sacking: “I was upset for half an hour then I said to my agent, ‘I feel there’s a weight off my shoulders’.”
Bruce, 55, also told of his horror at finding the body of fourth Yorkshire Ripper victim, Jean Jones. He said: “She had her hair burned, face smashed in, disembowelled.
“I had nightmares for years. I still do.”
The show is on BBC1, tonight at 10.35pm.