ITV Coronation Street's Max star Paddy Bever posts tearful selfie after NTA win as former co-star Millie Gibson spotted swearing
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCoronation Street star Paddy Bever couldn't hide his shock as he picked up his first major award. The actor, who plays Max Turner in the ITV soap, bagged the Rising Star gong at the 2022 National Television Awards on Thursday evening (October 13).
The young actor, who was recast in the role of David Platt's step-son in September last year, arrived at the dazzling awards bash alongside many of his Corrie co-stars including Tanisha Gorey (Asha Alahan), Sally Ann Matthews (Jenny Connor), Charlotte Jordan (Daisy Midgley) and Antony Cotton (Sean Tully), to name just a few.
And after going up against Netflix stars Charithra Chandran, for her portrayal of Edwina Sharma in period drama hit Bridgerton and actors Joe Locke and Kit Connor, whose love story as Charlie Spring and Nick Nelson captured hearts in Heartstopper, Paddy was clearly stunned to have won the award. READ NEXT: NTA viewers spot 'fuming' Loose Women stars' reaction to This Morning win after Holly and Phillip 'booed' And former co-star and friend Millie Gibson, who left Corrie last month after four years playing Kelly Neelan, also appeared shocked and pleased for Paddy as she was spotted swearing before jumping to from her chair and throwing her arms around the actor. @RyanJL spotted: "You're live on ITV, please do not swear @MillieGibson01 #NTAs." After having a quick hug with Sally Ann, the soap star rushed up to the stage. "Erm, wow," she said after being awarded the silverware by presenter AJ Odudu and Emma Willis.
He said that he 2hadn’t prepared a speech" because he didn’t think he would be able to beat the other "insane" stars nominated for the award.
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