EastEnders star Shane Richie has told how he spent 10 days sleeping rough as a struggling actor. He said: “What I learnt almost 40 years ago has had, and will always have, a lasting effect on me. “I slept rough for no more than 10 days before the grim reality kicked in and sent me home with my dirty, unwashed tail firmly between my legs. Richie was 16 when he ended up living in a squat in Plymouth after a job as a DJ fell through. Richie slept in his sleeping bag in a shop doorway in a railway station and then on a park bench.

Source: Irish Examiner February 15, 2019 08:37 UTC