Former Coronation Street star Adam Rickitt was left devastated when his late father ‘blew all of his money’ with the pair falling out for 15 years
Joe Crutchley Screen Time Reporter
21:40, 05 Mar 2026Updated 21:44, 05 Mar 2026
Coronation Street star addresses 15-year feud with late dad who stole all his money(Image: Granada Television)
Coronation Street’s Adam Rickitt has candidly opened up about his late father who he fell out with for 15 years due to him stealing his cash.
Adam played Nick Tilsley on the long-running ITV soap, making his debut in 1997 – and it’s fair to say it didn’t take him long to become a firm favourite with fans.
Adam ended up leaving the show in 1999 though to pursue a pop career but returned to the cobbles for a two-year stint from 2002 to 2004. Since his exit, Adam has kept busy, appearing on the likes of Hollyoaks and BBC ’s Doctors.
However, during a recent appearance on Channel 5’s Vanessa, Adam candidly opened up about his relationship with his late father, revealing he “blew all of his money”.
He said: ‘You Google Adam Rickett Networth, it comes up with a figure. It’s not that figure because he stole all my money. And he did it three times.”
He recently opened up about his father
He added: “So even though I was 18 years old and Corrie and doing the pop music and money was coming in, it kept just going to him and he kept losing it.
“And then when he made money, because my dad was a very successful merchant banker and he was pulling in millions of pounds a year himself, but he was also a flaming alcoholic.”
Host Vanessa Feltz then asked if his father was alive, to which he confirmed he isn’t, before revealing: “It’s not like it’s a shock news to anyone anyway.”
Adam continued: “But yeah, so I kept lending him money, he kept wasting it, but then he would make money and rather than paying me back, he’d go and spend it on his friends. He’d never spend it on his family or pay me back.
He recently opened up about his father
“So we ended up falling out for 15 years and we only reconnected when he went from earning millions of pounds to living on a state pension and penniless, having his home repossessed because he had nothing to prove anymore, because he couldn’t prove anything anymore.”
He continued: “And I would say it healed. It was never repaired. And I think when you have a big rift, like the Brooklyn and David Beckham situation, I think they will reconnect. I don’t think it’ll ever be the same relationship they had before. Mine with my father certainly wasn’t.”
Vanessa then asked: “Did you want to reconnect with him?” Adam replied: “For a long time, no.” Vanessa quizzed him: “I would wonder why you did, because it sounds as if he played fast and loose with your money in an incredibly selfish and kind of toxic, narcissistic, unpleasant kind of a way. It wasn’t an accident.”
He revealed his dad ‘blew all his money’(Image: ITV)
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As Vanessa asked him why he wanted to reconnect with his dad, Adam explained: “Because at some point you realise he’s still a human being. I think when you have a parent, they’re your parents and they’re meant to be some almost, you know, godlike idol who are meant to be perfect.
“The reason my dad was the way he was, was because he was an unwanted child and he was made to feel unwanted. And then he realised the only way his family ever needed him was when he paid for everything for them.
“And then when I went out at 18 years old and became financially independent, he was petrified because he couldn’t have any control on me. So he purposely blew all my money.”
Vanessa asked: “Did you have to have loads of therapy to find out that or did you just work that out yourself? Adam replied: “No, I just worked it out to myself. When you finally saw him as a human being and realised he wasn’t doing it because he hated me.
“He wasn’t doing it because he wanted to ruin my life. He was doing it because he was a petrified little boy. He was still the four-year-old boy.”
Coronation Street airs Monday to Friday at 8:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX