Corrie's Simon Gregson's tear-jerking best man speech as TV dad Charlie Lawson weds
The tears were flowing as Corrie's Simon Gregson made an emotional best man speech at the wedding of his on-screen dad, Charlie Lawson, who played Jim McDonald on Coronation Street. Simon, 49, has been friends with Charlie, 63, since they met, when Simon was aged just 14. And he certainly delivered when making his best man speech at the nuptials for his TV dad, which took place at Shrigley Hall in Cheshire.The speech was, in equal parts, emotional and hilarious, with Simon getting the crowd crying and laughing, with bride Debbie labelling it as 'unbelievable'.