COMPLAINTS

my life.” He adds: “I think you have to be quite selfish to be an actor as your career dictates that you spend months, if not years, away from home.

“During my 20s I was living in LA and doing movies and not thinking about anything like families.”

Over the coming months there is more soap drama in store for Daniel as Billy’s past is unveiled. He says: “I’ve never stayed anywhere longer than two years but I feel very settled at Coronation Street.

“I just signed a contract taking me until next October and I still feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface of storylines.

“The initial plan was the Church wasn’t happy with Billy being in a gay relationship and he’d move away. I said, ‘Really? You’ve just brought in a gay vicar, let’s do something really exciting with this – I’m not afraid of rocking the boat’.”

Daniel adds: “I feel proud of the adoption storyline and proud to represent my community. Last year at Euston station a woman burst into tears and threw her arms around me and said, ‘Thank you, you’ve helped my son so much’.

“I thought, my God, if I’ve helped just one person then it’s all worth it. Growing up I didn’t have any of that, so it makes me proud that I can make a difference.”

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