CORRIE actor Emrhys Cooper - who plays creepy self-help guru Rowan Cunliffe - has told how his hippy parents were sucked in by a real-life cult.
Emrhys says mum Raphaela and dad Christopher were hoodwinked by wellness enthusiasts who tried to separate them from each other and their cash.
His mother also suffered a heart attack after following the advice of a holistic doctor.
The actor grew up in Devon but moved to the US, then returned to play Rowan, who offers Leanne Battersby "support" in the soap.
Emrhys, 39, said: "Growing up in Totnes, a new-age town and a breeding hub of gurus and holistic doctors, my parents met a few Rowan types. I witnessed some of the dangers of these types of characters. My mother's health was severely affected by some very dangerous advice she received.
"She had a prescription for high blood pressure and a holistic doctor told her that he could get her off it with some herbal remedy. She had a heart attack.
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