Coronation Street star Colson Smith was spotted by fans in his 'new job' weeks after taking part in Celebrity Big Brother. The actor recently returned to the cobbles after finishing the ITV reality series in third place.
05.04.2024 - 13:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Coronation Street star Colson Smith has shared some details about his time in the Celebrity Big Brother house that viewers didn't see - including his cheeky move and the code names used by bosses as they tried to keep the cast under wraps before launch night.
The actor finished in third place in the reboot of the ITV reality show, behind runner-up Nikita Kuzmin and eventual winner David Potts. The trio made it to the finale of the programme alongside broadcaster and author Fern Britton and former X Factor judge Louis Walsh.
Colson didn't have much time between leaving the famous house and heading back to Weatherfield as he returned to work on Corrie, where he plays PC Craig Tinker, days after. And he has now returned to co-hosting his podcast.
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Fans of the 25-year-old will know he co-hosts the On The Sofa podcast, previously known as Sofa Cinema Club, alongside Corrie co-stars Jack P Shepherd, who plays David Platt, and Nick Tilsely star Ben Price.
In the first episode since Colson's Celebrity Big Brother stint, the soap star answered lots of questions about life in the famous compound and one of the things he revealed was how he'd trick his housemates into going to the Diary Room by replicating Big Brother's voice.
"Do you decided when you go into the Diary Room or do they," Ben asked Colson to which he said: "They call you," before he did his impression of Big Brother calling him to the Diasy Room. "It's very good, you must have heard that a lot," Ben replied.
It is then when Colson confessed: "Because of the boredom, I used to turn my head around and face the
Coronation Street star Colson Smith was spotted by fans in his 'new job' weeks after taking part in Celebrity Big Brother. The actor recently returned to the cobbles after finishing the ITV reality series in third place.
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