Hollyoaks Star Parry Glasspool Apologises For Knife Stunt

The 24-year-old actor has been suspended from the Channel 4 soap in which he portrays student Harry Thompson, after he joked about domestic violence and waived the weapon around in a video posted to Instagram.

In the now deleted footage, entitled ‘When girls try and hide their crazy…‘ the actor brandished a knife and pretended to be a jealous girlfriend, as he said to the camera: “Babe, I don’t mind you talking to other girls, OK? No, actually I would. I would kill you if you did.

“Wouldn’t even know how to. With this knife I know exactly how to. Done it before and I’ll do it again so don’t even think about it.”

Apologising for his actions, he said in a statement: “I want to say sorry to anyone I have upset or offended.

“My friends would know that I would never condone domestic violence in any way and I am mortified that people would think that about me. My post, made a few months ago, was intended to be a funny take on other videos that I had seen shared on social media but on reflection was not appropriate for my followers.

"It wasn’t meant to be sinister but I can see why it was viewed as such. I will be taking a break from social media.”

Parry was slapped with a "substantial” fine that will be donated to a domestic violence charity and will miss two weeks of filming Hollyoaks.