'If you know, you know' - ITV Coronation Street star Jack P Shepherd pictured after 'awful' celebrity encounter
30.08.2022 - 14:53
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Coronation Street star Jack P Shephard recently opened up about an 'awful' celebrity encounter he had - and now there's evidence. The actor, who is best known for playing David Platt in the ITV soap, suffered an awkward moment when he attended a festival at Knutsford's Tatton Park.
Jack, who was in attendance with his girlfriend Hanni Treweek, was enjoying his night when he was asked to meet one of the festival's stars. And it suddenly went downhill from there.
The soap star was asked to say hello to singer and Celebrity Gogglebox favourite, Martin Kemp, who was hosting an Eighties night at the outdoor event. After initially turning down the chance to meet the Spandau Ballet legend, things got uncomfortable for Jack when Martin didn't know who he was.
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Revealing the encounter to his Corrie co-stars Colson Smith and Ben Price on their Sofa Cinema Club podcast, Jack said: "I went to Tatton Park for Martin Kemp's 80s night, he's doing a DJ set. We're all there waiting and the organisers come over and say, 'Jack - will you have a photo with Martin backstage?' I've gone, 'No, I don't know him, I've never met him …' and they go, 'Oh please, it's just to put up on the social.'
"So I've gone, 'OK, fine.' I feel really aggy about doing a photo with someone I don't know. I'm walking backstage with the photographer that's there and we're making small talk. He's talking about my aftershave, going, 'That's nice.'
"We're counting the seconds until Martin arrives. He's not even here yet. The car pulls up and he's on in 10 minutes. He's still eating a tuna sandwich."
Detailing what happened next, the 34-year-old continued: "He has no idea