CORONATION Street star Ian Bartholomew has revealed it's difficult for his children to see him play evil abuser Geoff Metcalfe.
The villain has been cruelly manipulating and abusing wife Yasmeen for months, recently disgusting viewers by forcing her to sleep with him after he gave her an STD.
Discussing the effect the troubling plot has on his kids with Lorraine Kelly this morning, Ian said: “They didn’t want to watch, they saw me lock Yasmeen into the box, the ‘magic box’ and they said, ‘No, can’t watch Dad doing that’. "So they haven’t watched since then and I can’t blame them.
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