The Scots star said he had suicidal thoughts in the aftermath of being accused of exposing himself on set of Doctor who spin-off
Shamed Scots star John Barrowman has revealed how he contemplated suicide after he was caught up in an x-rated scandal that he feared had ruined his career. The actor believed he had been “cancelled” after stories about his on-set behaviour cost him his job as a judge on Dancing On Ice and made him persona non grata with many of his former friends in the industry.
Not that he felt everyone had supported him as much as he might have liked. “I lost a lot of trust in other people after what I went through because people that I thought would’ve been there for me, ran,” he says. “And a lot of them put themselves on the moral high ground and, to be honest with you, people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. The sad fact is not every one of them was toxic, they were just chicken s**t. They’re scared.
He insisted: “Something that was a stupid prank that was done amongst cast members and who the cast members never complained, never said anything about, but a narrative was created that apparently I was going around and throwing my c**k on people’s shoulders, which was not true. We had pranks, but they were amongst the company members and we all laughed and had fun. I was being, in a sense, publicly punished and humiliated for those things and also being cancelled.
Filmed in New Zealand last summer, the new series sees John join stars including broadcaster Rachel Johnson, TV presenter Cherry Healy, Strictly star Pete Wicks, former England rugby captian Chris Robshaw and Bianca Gascoigne. But it has emerged John quit the show after just three hours when being shown the accommodation in which he was expected to be staying, with many people saying he didn’t even try a challenge.
"And then I kept thinking, ‘have I made a mistake?’. So there was an inner dialogue going through my head the whole time thinking, ‘stick it out, it’ll be fine and we’ll see what happens next’.”
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