CHARLIE CONDOU CONFIDENTIAL: CHARLIE CONDOU

CHANNEL No.5

TVKev: Anyway folks, I'll be on @5WrightStuff on Channel 5 at 11am... talking telly with my spiritual advisor @Matthew_Wright. Check it out.

Charliecondou: @TVKev @5WrightStuff @Matthew_Wright see you there

TVKev: @Charliecondou @5WrightStuff @Matthew_Wright Yes, Charlie. Look forward to seeing you.

TOLD YA

Charliecondou: I told you @UzoAduba would get an Emmy nomination! So deserved

TracyJConway: @Charliecondou @UzoAduba Never doubted it for a minute.

THE BUSINESS END

Charliecondou: #throwbackthursday http://t.co/PzEofUwf2P

MargoJMilne: @Charliecondou Is she sticking her middle finger in your bumhole?

theteamaker: @Charliecondou bum double??

Charliecondou: @theteamaker believe it or not, it used to be pert

theteamaker: @Charliecondou really is a throw back Thursday then! #missingonepertbum

Charliecondou: @theteamaker I hate you. A lot

StephenDixonTV: @Charliecondou yay!

symono60: @Charliecondou That's my favourite episode of Gimme Gimme Gimme

Predator180: @Charliecondou That show was epic! You didn't half give tom a smack! Bet it was fun filming with the legend Kathy Burke. :-)

simon_horne: @Charliecondou it's Nino

ahamilton306: @Charliecondou I thought 'Nino'/'Kevin' was a great character. Shame he was only in one

TheCowlicker: @Charliecondou Haha!

damien_nancy: @Charliecondou loving Deirdre's new glasses!

thatbloodyMikey: @Charliecondou 'Carry on' Style, Bum pinch noise -BERP! xxx

stedixon01: @Charliecondou we need an updated photo in tighty whiteys please #wankmaterial

stedixon01: @StephenDixonTV @Charliecondou oi you've got my name :D

oh_bradley: @Charliecondou is that even you

frosted_north: @Charliecondou @theteamaker Hey, I've seen you out in Clapham and it's still pretty pert!

Charliecondou: @frosted_north @theteamaker boom

JamesAlex87: How young does @Charliecondou look?

FUNNY BUSINESS

Charliecondou: This is my agent (on the left). @kirkwhelanforan Im slightly concerned he's not following me. Feel free to annoy him with questions about me

Charliecondou: This is his assistant @willfarmer You can harass him too, they both love it

willfarmer: RT @Charliecondou: This is his assistant @willfarmer You can harass him too, they both love it

Charliecondou: @kirkwhelanforan @willfarmer Thanks for the follow and about time too!

Charliecondou: @Philippa_Perry well wasn't that fun?

Philippa_Perry: @Charliecondou we do have a lot of fun. http://t.co/8uJBicECRZ

mfhorne: @Charliecondou Aren't they clever inviting people like us? So lovely to see you.

Charliecondou: @mfhorne we're amazing x

LABOUR FUNDRAISER

Labour was accused of ‘staggering hypocrisy’ last night for refusing to publish the names of guests at a lavish fundraising dinner with Ed Miliband. Star Trek actor Patrick Stewart, Bianca Jagger and Stephen Fry attended the £15,000-a-table ‘gala’ at the Roundhouse in Camden, North London. Artist Grayson Perry arrived in a sequin dress and green platform shoes while comedian Eddie Izzard had red lipstick and painted nails. Former cabinet minister Lord Mandelson was joined by TV presenter and Mail columnist Janet Street-Porter while ex-leader Neil Kinnock, now Baron Kinnock, was with wife Glenys. Labour refused to release the full list of attendees – just days after it demanded David Cameron release a list of guests at a similar Tory event last week. Shadow Cabinet Office minister Jonathan Ashworth said last week Labour was ‘demanding to know who is whispering in David Cameron’s ear’. But the Party would not release its own list, saying the dinner attended by virtually the entire shadow Cabinet was a ‘private event’. Tory MP Henry Smith said: ‘Labour’s hypocrisy knows no limit, they say one thing then do another – and it’s staggering that they choose the evening before their union bosses cripple the country and disrupt millions of ordinary people’s lives for their secretive fundraising dinner.’ Eyebrows were raised last week as it emerged a guest at the Tory dinner bid £160,000 to play tennis with David Cameron and Boris Johnson in a fundraising auction. It later emerged the bidder was Lubov Chernukhin, wife of Vladimir Chernukhin, Russia’s former deputy finance minister. Labour’s event featured a similarly extravagant auction. The top draw was a cast-iron sculpture by Sir Antony Gormley, with a reserve price of £100,000.

Cameron Laux and partner Charlie Condou in attendance at the Labour fundraiser.

Guests could bid for a ceramic pig emblazoned with the words ‘Vote Labour’ by Turner Prize winner Mr Perry, at a reserve of £15,000, or a £25,000 sculpture by Anish Kapoor. For a minimum of £2,500, donors could bid to play five-a-side football against a ‘Shadow Cabinet All-Stars’ team with shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, health spokesman Andy Burnham, justice spokesman Sadiq Khan and international development spokesman Jim Murphy. For a minimum of £1,000, guests could have Labour-supporting Star Trek star Sir Patrick record their voicemail message. Competition was expected to be fierce for a week in a Tuscan villa, with a reserve price of £2,000. A 1997 Labour manifesto signed by Tony Blair, Peter Mandelson and David Miliband had a reserve of £2,000. At a similar event in May, Labour auctioned a signed copy of a speech by MP Glenda Jackson, in which she attacked Baroness Thatcher as a ‘heinous’ individual days after her death. Supporters last night paid up to £15,000 for a ‘premium’ table, where they were joined by a ‘political host’ from Labour’s top ranks. The dress code was ‘summer colours – lounge suits/cocktail dresses’. Mr Perry said: ‘I think artists are coming back to Labour as there’s no alternative. Artists are very practical people.’ Asked if Ed Miliband was practical, he added: ‘I think so, we’ll find out.’ The main parties insist nothing untoward takes place at such events. But they invariably take place behind closed doors, and guest lists are rarely released. Attendees last night, who dined on asparagus and monkfish with rhubarb custard to follow, included Yasmin Alibhai Brown, Kathy Lette, Geoffrey Robinson, Alastair Campbell, Caroline Flint, David Morrissey, Keir Starmer, Larry Lamb, Matthew Horne, Melvyn Bragg, Ed Balls, Chuka Umunna, Diane Abbott, Peter Mandelson, Chris Hughton, Margaret Hodge and author Jeanette Winterson.

FOLLOWSHIP

adrianpgibson: Thanks for the follow @Charliecondou

Charliecondou: @adrianpgibson you too x

mr_opinion8: @Charliecondou thanks for the follow

Charliecondou: @mr_opinion8 ditto x

CONFUSED DOT COM

Toe_nee_wan: Didn't know gay Marcus from #corrie played for Argentina #WorldCup #ARGvsNED

JamieBoy1980: The bold Lavezzi's good as Marcus in Corrie eh?! Same guy surely!

CAFE SOCIETY

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Coronation Street star Charlie Condou has opened up about the terror of learning his son had a collapsed lung - and his decision to leave the soap to spend more time with his family

Kayleigh Dray
Deputy Editor
Charlie Condou - who plays Marcus Dent in Coronation Street - has spoken to ITV's Good Morning Britain about the terror he felt when he discovered his newborn son Hal - now a healthy toddler - had a collapsed lung. The devoted dad, 41, said: "He had a week in intensive care when he was born and that's a horrible time for any parent. "We knew fairly quickly he was going to be okay but the last thing you want to see is your newborn in intensive care with tubes and on morphine. "He's absolutely fine now." Charlie, who also has four-year-old daughter Georgia, has now made the division to quit Corrie after seven years on the cobbles. And it's all because he wants to spend more time with his in London. He said: "It was really sad and a difficult decision."

Charlie as Marcus Dent
"But I'm based in London... my kids, my partner, my family..."I think once I'd made the decision I realised it had to be sooner rather than later." Charlie's character is set to flee Weatherfield when his relationship with Todd Grimshaw breaks down. However the door has been left open for Marcus to return.