Coronation Street star Colson Smith, who plays police constable Craig Tinker in the long running soap, has revealed that the team behind the on set catering are ensuring he maintains his 10 stone weight loss.
Speaking to OK! at the Inside Soap Awards, which saw the show take home three gongs, the svelte star revealed: “Our chef Leon looks after me, so he makes sure that I have chicken and rice every single day." "A lot of the other cast are a bit disgruntled!” he continued to tease before adding: “But there’s always food for everyone.” The 24 year old, who hails from Dorchester, lost an astonishing 10 stone in weight after taking up running and adopting a healthy diet in 2020.
Although Coronation Street originally planned to write the character's weight loss into the show, they were forced to abandon that story arc when the pandemic hit.
However Colson still shared his journey in a short YouTube documentary called Bored of Being the Fat Kid. In the moving video, at the beginning of his transformation, he recalls: “I’ve never liked the way I look.
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