CORONATION Street star Colson Smith has revealed the soap has ditched the storyline to cover his incredible ten stone weight loss.
His character, policeman Craig Tinker, was set to undergone a transformation on screen as part of the plot but the idea was scrapped when filming was halted during lockdown.
Colson, 23, started running daily and overhauled his diet at the start of the first lockdown and over a period of 18 months his weight has fallen from 22 stone to 12 stone.
Speaking about how his achievement was set to be marked on screen, he explained: “We discussed it and I really wanted to do it.
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