Former Coronation Street actor Liam Scholes has been hospitalised after being attacked by a monkey while on holiday. The 22-year-old, who played Eli Higginson on the ITV soap and currently stars as Noel McManus in BBC's Waterloo Road, shared a video on Instagram showing him in a hospital bed with an IV drip.
In the post, Scholes wrote: 'When you nearly get killed by a monkey in the desert... game is over wait for the reel guys... just you wait,' accompanied by crying emojis. He thanked his girlfriend, Roisin Riley, for 'saving his life', describing her as his 'lifesaver'. A follow-up story post read: 'Liam Scholes doesn't have the same monkey appear as the rest of the Scholes clan. Monkey 1, Liam 0.'
Scholes previously dated Coronation Street co-star Elle Mulvaney, who plays Amy Barlow. The couple split after two years, with a source saying the breakup was 'very sudden' and that it would 'take a miracle' for them to reunite. Mulvaney has since been seen with a new man.
