'Coronation Street' character Ryan Connor is to launch an OnlyFans-style career.
Ryan Connor is set to launch an OnlyFans-style page
The bistro waiter is played by Ryan Prescott, 34, on the ITV1 soap opera, and after becoming the victim of an acid attack earlier this year, the character will now reportedly turn to sex work as he starts up a profile on a website based on OnlyFans.
A source told The Sun newspaper's TV Biz column: "Ryan has had a tough year and he is soon going to be tempted into taking the easy money that comes with things like OnlyFans.
"But he will soon discover that not everything is as easy as it first appears. It’s a major storyline for Ryan and one that bosses know he is going to smash."
However, Ryan - who is the son of former regular Michelle Connor (Kym Marsh) - will turn to steroids in an effort to improve his social media presence, as the programme makes the effort to highlight the "real dangers" that come with using black market drugs.
The source added: "Ryan has been through a horrible time and his struggles aren’t going away. He’s always relied on his good looks to get him through life and now he’s struggling to come to terms with not having them anymore. He can’t do anything about his scarring but he can turn his body into a ripped gym-honed version of itself.
"However with everything that’s gone on, he’s going to try to take a short cut and use black market steroids to kickstart his body transformation.
"They come with huge downsides and Ryan’s going to be risking a lot just to make himself look better on social media.
“There a real dangers with using these black market drugs and Ryan will plunge deeper and deeper just for some online clout from his headless torso selfies."
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