EastEnders’ Danny Hatchard rushed to hospital after accidentally breaking arm, he tells Instagram

Danny Hatchard has revealed he was rushed to hospital after suffering an accident in which he broke his arm.

The former EastEnders actor, 31, took to his Instagram story on Wednesday to share a snap of him with a cast on his arm.

The soap star didn’t give any details about how he sustained the injury, but sarcastically captioned the snap: ‘Fun’.

Ouch! Danny Hatchard has revealed he was rushed to hospital after suffering an accident in which he broke his arm

Danny starred as Lee Carter from 2014 to 2017 and made a brief comeback to Albert Square in 2019.

It comes after he revealed that he attempted suicide aged 19 after he struggled socially while studying at drama school last October.

Danny explained in a series of candid Twitter posts on Friday that he ‘didn’t want to be alive anymore.’  

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Brave: It comes after he revealed that he attempted suicide aged 19 after he struggled socially while studying at drama school last October

Soap star: Danny starred as Lee Carter from 2014 to 2017 and made a brief comeback to Albert Square in 2019

Taking to Twitter, Danny revealed:  ‘The beginning of my first year at Arts was very difficult. 

‘I remember Googling the easiest and most painless ways I could take my life. I felt so socially out of my depth that I didn’t want to be alive anymore.

‘One Friday night in particular I ran a hot bath as per the instructions on google with a blade in hand ready to make a huge mistake, before realising that passing my pain onto my family wasn’t the answer. It never is…’  

Danny made the shocking announcement in a bid to defend his former drama school boss Chris Hocking, who was recently fired after investigations found the Arts Ed dance classes were ‘overly sexualised’. 

 Sad: Danny explained in a series of candid Twitter posts on Friday that he ‘didn’t want to be alive anymore’

Danny told of how he then asked Chris for help, who went on to pay for a counselor for him. 

The Ridley Road star explained: ‘He told me I was going to be alright and offered to pay for me to see a counselor who went onto completely change my life.’

Chris has since stepped down from his role the London drama school after it launched an investigation into ‘serious historic claims of misconduct’. 

‘I remember Googling the easiest and most painless ways I could take my life. I felt so socially out of my depth that I didn’t want to be alive anymore,’ Danny wrote on Twitter

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The report, which is being compiled by Rebecca Tuck QC, has found that there was ‘an overly sexualised environment within a number of music and dance classes’ at the school. 

A statement from the school’s chair of trustees said: ‘Terms such as ‘sexy dance’, ‘wear what you dare’ and ‘naked bond’ were notorious and clearly distressed some students. 

‘They were wholly inappropriate,’ they added.  

Statement: Danny made the shocking announcement in a bid to defend his former drama school boss Chris Hocking, who was recently fired

‘She [Rebecca Tuck] found that some staff members exercised poor judgement in their relationships with HE [higher education] students,’ the statement concluded. 

Back in 2017,  Danny revealed it was hard to ‘switch off’ during his character Lee Carter’s emotional suicide storyline on EastEnders.  

Danny revealed he had been working with emotional support charity Samaritans to handle the subject ‘delicately’ and explained: ‘It was nerve wracking but I felt more honoured than anything. 

‘It is such an issue at the minute, especially with the stigma that surrounds it.’

He added: ‘As an actor it’s lovely to stick your teeth into, and to do things to help people.

‘It’s lovely it was a slow burner not done in a week, it’s been two and a half years, I think that’s important.’ 

For confidential help and support please call Samaritans on 116 123 

Helping: Danny told of how he then asked Chris for help, who went on to pay for a counselor for him