Sean Ward has confessed his career is in tatters after he has become an outspoken critic of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The former actor, 33, shot to fame as Callum Logan in ITV ’s Coronation Street, earning in more than £100,000-a-year playing the bad boy from 2014 to 2015.
He also earned critical acclaim playing Private Frankie ‘Fingers’ Stille in the hit BBC One military drama Our GIrl alongside Michelle Keegan, and earned legions of fans.
Sean landed a coveted nominated for The British Soap Award for Villain of the Year for his portrayal of drug dealer Callum, as well as The British Soap Award for Best Newcomer.
The villainous character wreaked havoc on the Platt family, as he blackmailed and terrorised them until his untimely death, and his body was buried in concrete.
Sean even dated his Corrie co-star Georgia May Foote for eight months, but they split amid her stint on Strictly Come Dancing, when she was partnered with Italian lothario Giovanni Pernice.
After leaving the ITV soap, Sean spoke openly about his struggles with porn and alcohol addiction, and in 2019, he admitted he had been struggling with severe depression.
He lost his hair, and even contemplated suicide as he struggled to find work after returning to the UK following seven months filming in South Africa.
“For starters it was finding out what my addictions were and where I was going wrong,” he told the Daily Mirror.
Despite his prominent role in the hit series Our Girl, and his status as a bad boy heartthrob. his career took a turn after he became a prominent voice against the coronavirus pandemic, and the subsequent restrictions imposed on the UK and countries around the world.
Sean has used social media to get across his controversial opinions, and since March last year, he’s shared regular rants against the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out, urging his fans and followers to refuse to get the jab.
He was arrested at a protest in London last year, and has posted videos of him discussing the virus and the vaccines.
Sean recently shared a long thread of tweets about his opposition to face masks, and has voiced his concern over children being jabbed.
Despite having no kids of his own, the former actor has been telling parents on social media to ensure they do not let their youngsters have the vaccine.
He also shared videos on Instagram urging pregnant women to not have the vaccine.
However, he’s still not able to leave his acting days behind him, and while he’s not discussed his time on Corrie in his posts on Instagram, he fondly recalls working on Our Girl.
Sean took to social media when the last episode of the BBC drama aired, and shared his gratitude at working on an “amazing” show.
“I’ve grown into a man on this show. Fingers will always be a part of me. Thank u so much to all the fans again. Your support is real and it shows!” he wrote.
Sean also marked the anniversary of his character’s death in the show, and thanked his fans for their support.
The actor hit the headlines as he took to Instagram to give his fans and followers an update on his life since becoming a voracious anti-vaxxer.
Sean said two years ago, he had “raised my head from the trenches” and did his research, which involved “spending hours and hours” reading studies and “following data in real time”.
He didn’t divulge what data he had been following, and went on to say he had been tracking “adverse directions” to the vaccine around the world.
The former actor, who has no medical background or qualifications, said he had been trying to show his “findings” to others but to no avail, and was supporting others who flooded his inbox with messages.
He went on to reveal he was now homeless, and was living in a friend’s house after his belongings were sold because he couldn't afford the storage bills.
“Was it all worth it? Yes! If I’ve saved one life then yes,” Sean stated.
