Coronation Street’s Colson Smith reveals heartbreaking reason he never learned to swim on The Games
thesun.co.ukCORONATION Street's Colson Smith has revealed the heartbreaking reason he never learned to swim on The Games. The actor - who plays Craig Tinker in the ITV soap - is taking part in the new series alongside a host of other well known faces.
The sports show sees the celebs take on a variety of sports, one of which was swimming. However, Colson, 23, revealed he had only learned to swim five weeks ago in preparation for the show.
In the last couple of years Colson has lost an incredible 10 stone after taking up running, and he admitted it was his weight that had stopped him getting in the pool during his school years.
He said: "In school I hated swimming because I was the fat kid. So I used to basically refuse to swim. .css-16e4f55{margin:16px 0;}.css-1czxmma{background-color:rgba(252,239,255,1);margin:16px 0;}.css-1tapza8{padding:20px 15px;}.css-1bk4jdt{padding:20px.
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