Richard Mylan has claimed he's been overwhelmed by the public response to his confession he's harboured a 20-year secret heroin addiction. The 48-year-old actor is best known for playing deputy headteacher Simon Lowsley in the hit school-set BBC drama Waterloo Road, which has previously featured such well-known Geordie names as Jill Halfpenny and Denise Welch.
However, his recent announcement that he'd been hooked on drugs for decades shocked his fans. Dad-of-two Mylan, who's been in recovery for 10 years, added that he chose to come clean to help reduce the stigma surrounding addiction.
But he also said he knew such a disclosure could damage his acting career. However, in a TV interview earlier this week (Monday, May 16) he admitted that he needn't have worried, reports Birmingham Live.
