Chris Fountain.. Sacked

[gina32]

silly boy!

[murraymints]

About time action was taken against such unacceptable behaviour !

[hc4361]

I think it's the wrong decision. He did nothing illegal, wasn't performing as Tommy Duckworth nor using any Corrie props.

It's not as if he murdered anyone - like Grantham did before he played Dirty Den in Eastenders

[DJHawkes]

surely this is just ITV watching their back and bowing to press intervention, they haven't sacked the other 2 actors that are being sent to trial for sexual offences, at least one of which involves underage sex. How can they justify this sacking when compared to that? I hope he is in a union,

[March-Hare]

What have I missed???

[zebo]

He's guilty apparently, the others are still deemed innocent, whatever the popular view may be.

[paddywak]

Who is he and whats he supposed to have done?

[hc4361]

How can he be guilty? He hasn' t done anything illegal!

[hc4361]

Paddywak, he's a Corrie actor who plays Tommy Duckworth.

Last year he put on a stupid mask, called himself a stupid name and rapped some stupid, abusive lyrics and uploaded them to YouTube.

Last week he was outed by the press.

[DJHawkes]

like i said yesterday, it ia appalling that the press, and apparently his employer, have lumped him in with the other alledged offences his work colleagues are charged with, that is totally out of order and scarily hysterical of Granada.

[Nibble]

Oh dear, sacked for being stupid ---- there'll be no hope for anyone in AB soon.

[paddywak]

Thanks hc, so he's guilty of some thing really serious then.

[douglas9401]

Ah the press, suck up till it suits and then you're toast.
Feigned outrage served with a side of hypocrisy.

[shoota]

The world will still turn.

[hc4361]

His character, Tommy Duckworth, was a drug pusher on the cobbles a few months ago.

It's not as if he is a presenter of children's tv or Songs of Praise. Corrie has portrayed murders, stalkers, domestic violence, rape, fraud, baby selling, drug pushing, adultery, drink driving, alcohol abuse, theft, bullying, sexual abuse in the name of entertainment and art.

[DJHawkes]

it's the most hypocritical decision they could make. I hope he goes from strength to strength after this and if he has the right publicist (probably not max clifford) he'll be bigger than corrie this time next year.

[Kathyan]

I don't think he should have been sacked. Total over reaction by the corrie bosses.

[silliemillie]

Wonder what weird & wonderful 'fillers' the writers will hastily put together?
Cant wait! LOL!

[DJHawkes]

Back in 1968 when philip lowrie left the show i wonder what reason was given? They have re-hired him all these years later when it is no longer a 'crime' to be gay. They have never handled their role as an employer very well.

[chrissa1]

On Soapwatch on This Morning, this morning, Sharon Whatsherface said he'd been suspended until a decision was made next week.

[DJHawkes]

t's appalling, completely an abuse of their power. Even if he has signed a 'be on your best behavior' clause to his corrie contract, the video was dome as part of a group of artists performing, what if he's had a role in a movie where he had to play a rapist or serial killer? It's the programme executives running scared. they're scared of the press and don't allow the viewers to make up their minds.