Former Coronation Street star Chris Fountain has said he was left “speaking like a toddler” after suffering a mini-stroke. The actor, who played Tommy Duckworth in the ITV soap, revealed he spent five days in a London hospital after waking up at home unable to speak properly in August.
Chris, who appeared in Corrie from 2011 up until being axed in 2013, said doctors had discovered he had suffered a Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) – known as a mini stroke – after a blood clot lodged in his brain.
"I woke up one morning and knew something wasn’t right," the 35-year-old told the Mirror. "My mum called me and I just couldn’t get my words out. I started walking round my house looking at things and I could think what the word was, like television or fridge, but I couldn’t say it.
