Just when we start thinking that celebrities always live beautiful lives, we stumble on some heartbreaking updates! EastEnders icon Rudolph Walker, best known for his role as Patrick Trueman, has now revealed the details of his devastating divorce, which left him without a roof over his head for two big years. During this hard time, the actor was still working on the show, but no one knew about his struggles. Read on to know more!
Patrick Actor Opens Up About His Struggles
Soap legend Rudolph Walker has had a difficult life and the actor who portrays Yolande’s husband, Patrick on EastEnders spent two years broke and homeless – with ‘only a car to his name.’ The actor, who arrived in Albert Square in 2001, spoke about how he was devastated at his unfortunate situation after his divorce. It looks like the 84-year-old got tangled up in the legal costs of his second divorce with Dounne Alexander in 1998.
Even while he was on one of the BBC’s biggest shows, Rudolph lived out of a suitcase and relied on favours from friends to put a roof over his head. All this time, his colleagues were unaware of his struggles. The legal fees during the divorce left him penniless and things got so worse when he would hope for late-night filming sessions thinking that the bosses will put him up in a hotel near the set.
While discussing the same with The Mirror, Walker said, “It was painful. It was extremely difficult. I just didn’t have any financial means. I was literally starting from scratch again in my 70s, with nowhere to live. It was a time of great pain and loneliness.” He also mentioned how, on some days, he would pull up at the side of the road – just to cry. As per Rudolph, he started living a ‘double life’ that caused him a great deal of pain.
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Diane Parish, who plays Denise Fox on the show, had apparently picked up that something was wrong and would pull Rudolph aside to check in on him even though he never revealed ‘the depth of what was happening.’
The fan-favourite actor is now preparing to tell his life story in an autobiography, “At last!! My Autobiography ‘Walking With Dignity’ which will be released on 26th Sept. We are glad that the actor is back on his feet now and is living a good life. For other such EastEnders updates, keep following Soap Opera Daily! Do you like Rudolph’s character on the BBC soap? Tell us in the comments below!
