After two years they started the health problems of his mother, he and his brother began working at variety of odd jobs for livelihood.

[2] Thanasis Haikalis was a clerk at the Sivitanidios Public School of Trades and Vocations[3] in Kallithea, Attica, after his retirement was relocated to his origin town of Katakolo, Elis, where was engaged in amateur acting became a member of the local theatre group Trojan Horse (Δούρειος Ίππος).

[11] The Hellenic Actors' Union (SEI) at its general session on 10 April 2022 has unanimously decided the lifelong removal of Pavlos Haikalis from its registry of members.

[12][13] Today Pavlos Haikalis has abandoned the theatre [14] and public life in general, has settled permanently in the city where he was born and deals with astrology.

In June 2015, Pavlos Haikalis made some xenophobic statements, said «aliens are blame for the growth in crime and unemployment» and «Greek do not become, but you are born».