CHARLIE CONDOU - No.2

AND WHY DO I LIKE CHARLIE?

Charlie Condou is a highly respected actor and over the course of running the Russell Tovey blog I decided to follow Charlie on Twitter and have come to love his somewhat acerbic twittering. He can cut a celeb down to size with his rapier wit in less than 144 characters like no other person I follow. I love him for it…he's funny not nasty! He can swear like a trooper on Twitter so be warned if you follow him...xxx

Here is a little pre-loved Wikipedia history for those who want Charlie's life summed up in a few paragraphs:

Charlie Lomax David Condou (8-1-1973) is an English actor who has enjoyed a successful career spanning over 25 years. He is best known outside the UK for his role as Marcus Dent in Coronation Street and in Australia he is known for playing Nino in the successful comedy Gimme, Gimme, Gimme with Kathy Burke.

Condou lives in Islington with his Canadian partner Dr Cameron Laux (see following pic) and his daughter, Georgia Mae, son Hal and gal pal Catherine Kanter (mother of his 2 children). Cameron and Charlie have been together since 2005. 

In his youth Charlie Condou lived with Robbie Williams. He is godfather to Stellan, son of Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly and to Milo, son of actress Amanda Mealing and her husband Richard Sainsbury. He is friends with many celebrities including Amanda Holden, Lily Allen and is often seen in the company of Neve Campbell and her former husband John Light. 

A supporter of numerous charities, Condou has signed up for the MoonWalk London 2011 on 14 May 2011 and is part of a team which hopes to raise in excess of £30,000 for the breast cancer charity. He is patron of a number of LGBT organisations.

MARCUS DENT IN A SEA OF BLAH!

Article courtesy of Boyd Hilton and

HEATWORLD Magazine 23 March 2011

Coronation Street’s Sean Tully to bring up long-lost son!

Life is about to spring a few surprises on Coronation Street’s Sean Tully (Antony Cotton on left above) – he’s about to become a dad! Details of Sean’s new storyline have emerged, and we’re dead excited about it all. We already knew that Sean was set to rekindle his romance with Marcus Dent (Charlie Condou), but now we know that he’s going to meet his baby boy too. During a trip to London, Sean runs into Marcus and they decide to give things another try (aww! Yay! Etc.). While Sean is down south his best friend Violet Wilson (Jenny Platt), with whom he fathered a child, asks the couple to take care of baby Dylan for the foreseeable future! How perfect? A ready-made family! (double aww! Yay! Etc.) According to The Sun, Corrie bosses are fearful that older viewers could react negatively to gay parents, says a Corrie source, 'There's a chance older viewers will be shocked by the storyline, so we will handle things very sensitively.”
We love this storyline, Sean and Marcus will make the best two dads ever - and it makes a nice change to have some happy soap news!

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO

. . . ERM . . .

Charliecondou: I literally cannot wait for this movie

caitlinmoran: @Charliecondou *stares at it* It's a monk having a shit.

Charliecondou: @caitlinmoran That shit-taking monk is my Bessie mate

djy12345: @Charliecondou Literally? Are you sure? #pedantmoi?

Charliecondou: @djy12345 Yes. Literally

djy12345: @Charliecondou Jilly Cooper once wrote that she was literally knocked sideways by joy about something she read in the paper *sceptical face*

Charliecondou: @djy12345 (I was being facetious. Literally)

ON DEMAND

Charliecondou: I'm watching the first season of 'Gavin & Stacey'. I'm ashamed to say I've never seen it. It's f*cking great. As I'm sure you all know

JKCorden: @Charliecondou I will of course send you the series, it’s also available to download while you wait!

THE TWINS

twinsdad72: The boys have just been telling me what a great day they had with @antonycotton @Charliecondou and a visit onto street....I missed out aargh

twinsdad72: Cbeebies is out of favour now with the boys corrie's Easter special on again....Mmm wonder why lol

Charliecondou: @twinsdad72 As usual, your boys were bloody adorable

twinsdad72: @Charliecondou ha ha ha just read your tweet about the boys to them and there reply was (Mmm brilliant) so comical at times

TWAT

lewistyree: @Carliecondou I would never say you’re a twat! Change your bio xoxoxoxoxoxoxox