Colson has to Corrie on with day job
CELEB Big Brother finalist Colson Smith has said he had his Coronation Street script in his hands within hours of leaving the reality TV house.
The soap actor came third in the series, won by Ibiza Weekender star David Potts.
Strictly Come Dancing professional Nikita Kuzmin was the runner-up, while former X Factor judge Louis Walsh came fourth and TV presenter Fern Britton was fifth in the first series of the show to air on ITV.
Smith told ITV’S Good Morning Britain he had barely had time to rest before he was straight back to work on the cobbles.
He said: “Literally straight out the house, slept in London, had the wrap party, into a car, script straight in front of me, ready to get back on the beat.
“But today I only have one line. So you know, I can’t complain today, they are easing me back in Weatherfield.
“The line is ‘How old are you?’ It’s taken me all weekend as well.”
Smith said he was yet to reunite with most of his co-stars but added: “They’ve been so supportive and I’m so lucky that I have such a great group of people here. “I’m excited to get back in the green room with everyone today and listen to what they thought, find out what they enjoyed in the show and share stories of my time in the house.”
Reflecting on his time on the show, he said: “I think when you do a show like this [the thing is] is to expect the unexpected, and I’m not quite sure what I expected, but it was certainly more than I could have ever imagined.
“I feel so privileged to have been a small part of the iconic show, and I’m also buzzing to be back in Manchester now.”
He added: “I’m 100% going to watch it all. I haven’t watched anything.”