To think Bill Roache needs to hang his head in shame?

[dublindee]

Just saw sky news article on my iPhone re this:

www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/coronation-street-actor-bill-roache-1772534

I am disgusted. I think he should be sacked and I think he should make a public apology.

[ChocsAwayInMyGob]

link doesn't work

[dublindee]

proper linky

[ChocsAwayInMyGob]

I totally agree with you OP.

I would like to see him explain this to my 8yo niece who was raped by her stepfather. Sorry, should we not judge him for raping her?

[Sparklingbrook]

He is coming across as proper bonkers isn't he? I don't think an apology could sort this one out.

[quoteunquote]

Twonk of the week

[Sparklingbrook]

Mind you should we give a shiny shite what a bloody Coronation Street actor says?

[ChocsAwayInMyGob]

sparkling, yes we should if such abhorrent views get such a wide audience. It's very worrying.

[JaxTellerIsMyFriend]

Twonk of the decade! Im livid. What an arse.

[IcaMorgan]

if he truly believes those things then he needs to see a psychiatrist

[HazeltheMcWitch]

Agree with Sparkling - he is nothing.
It seems like he's losing the plot a bit, doesn't it? Although that's a crap defence for such foul views I know.

He's just an old toad who has had some fame and keeps on blethering about how he's slept with over 1000 women. And is in thrall to a cult. No sensible people will give him or his views any head room.

[Sparklingbrook]

Yes true chocs. Sorry. It's just that he is only a soap actor, but then a soap that a lot of people watch so he has a responsibility to not come out with that load of old cobblers.

[mynameis]

He said: “If you accept that you are pure love, and if you know that you are pure love and therefore live that pure love, these things won’t happen to you.”

WTAF?

Keep your mouth shut in future Bill

[Sparklingbrook]

He is sounding a bit David Icke-ish.

[HazeltheMcWitch]

Sorry for your niece, Chocs. I hope justice has caught up with him?

[Sparklingbrook]

'pure love'

[JaquelineHyde]

He is a complete loon!

He has been in the spotlight loads recently talking all kinds of bollocks but this is just digraceful.

I think Coronation Street bosses should take some kind of action against him, it makes me feel sick.

[BearFrills]

Definitely an opinion he should have kept firmly to himself. It must be a great comfort to any abuse victims reading that tripe to know that the reason they were abused wasn't because some vile abuser targeted them, it was because they were bad in their previous life ....

I was also at him blaming underage girls who hang around famous blokes for being sexually active and that those blokes can't be expected to check birth certificates. Surely a bloke in his 30s/40s/50s, etc when presented with a girl of questionable age should keep it in his pants if he has any doubts, no matter how fleeting, about her being old enough?

[littlemissbunny]

I never really liked him anyway, now I have good reason not to.

What a load of insensitive rubbish he is spouting.

[jeee]

I don't know - he sounds frankly loopy, but then loads of people (many on mumsnet) burble on happily about karma. Which as far as I can make out is basically what he's saying.

[ArseAche]

The man is, and always has been a complete nut job.

[KurriKurri]

I think Bill Roache is well known within the entertainment world for being a shit of the first order.

He is an appalling creature.

[DangerousBeanz]

What an idiot!! He needs his mental capacity checking if he thinks that.

[Sparklingbrook]

If Coronation Street don't boot him out there's something wrong. Hasn't there just been a fire? Would have been ideal.

[Szeli]

I read it as paedophiles are bad but underage teenagers who lie about their ages to sleep with their idols and then cry foul afterwards are also bad and I'd be inclined to agree with him.

Although granted you should never ever victim blame; and these 'rock stars' or whatever need to be more vigilant when assertaining someone's age - there are girls out there who do do this and then it makes things much more difficult for those genuine victims out there.

He didn't come across well at all tho x