Jonny McPherson, who plays Dr Liam Cavanagh on Emmerdale, admitted that up until recently the on-screen star had a side hustle to supplement his income from acting.
The 41-year-old said “acting is a precarious profession” and it can be difficult to get on the property ladder if you are only working for half of the year.
The soap star revealed he had a second gig as an Airbnb host of a canal boat after spending several years living on the vessel.
Jonny bought himself a new flat in Leeds and has since sold his canal boat as he discards his Airbnb hosting gig.
Addressing the move, he told OK! magazine: “It can be very difficult to get a mortgage if you are only working for six months of the year. So, when you get two years of working on something like Emmerdale, it allows you to get a mortgage finally. I’ve got a flat now in Leeds and I’ve sold my boat.”
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He continued: “I did put it on Airbnb for 18 months before I sold it, and it really took off. After a while, though, it began to get more difficult to manage.
“I was having to check in guests at 10pm on a Friday evening on top of my full-time role in Emmerdale and I decided to sell.”
Jonny recalled a few people getting “giddy” once they realised they were on Dr Liam’s boat but shared others didn’t realise it was the soap star.
He admitted he plans to travel on a canal boat but does not miss having to empty the “poo tank twice a week anymore”.
Meanwhile, Jonny opened up about his love life following his split from co-star Natalie J Robb, who plays Moira Dingle in the ITV soap.
The pair began dating in lockdown but split in June 2021.
Jonny has said his new partner is “absolutely wonderful” as he revealed he Is seeing someone new.
Natalie previously addressed the former couple’s break-up, as she told The Sun they are “better off as friends” after their relationship became “too intense too soon”.
The 48-year-old said: “Unfortunately, it was Covid times, so there was this added pressure.
“He moved in with me during the first lockdown and it was just too intense, too soon.
“And if you’re not used to that, which I hadn’t been for a while, we realised pretty quickly that we were better off as friends.”
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