Emmerdale’s Dr Liam star Jonny McPherson on secret second job as an Airbnb host
ok.co.ukEmmerdale's Jonny McPherson is a firm fixture in the cast as Dr Liam Cavanagh but until recently, he had a side hustle as an Airbnb host of a canal boat.
Jonny has bought himself a new flat in Leeds after spending several years living on the canal boat, but even after moving to dry land he kept up captaining the ship for a while longer. “Acting is a precarious profession,” he told OK!. “It can be very difficult to get a mortgage if you are only working for six months of the year.
So, when you get two years of working on something like Emmerdale, it allows you to get a mortgage finally. I’ve got a flat now in Leeds and I’ve sold my boat.
He continued: “I did put it on Airbnb for 18 months before I sold it, and it really took off. After a while, though, it began to get more difficult to manage. "I was having to check in guests at 10pm on a Friday evening on top of my full-time role in Emmerdale and I decided to sell.” What did guests say when they realised they were renting a canal boat from an Emmerdale star? “A few people got very giddy standing on Dr Liam’s boat,” he replies, laughing. “But others didn’t realise at all.
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