Corrie star’s slimline tonic
CORONATION Street actor Colson Smith is looking trimmer after his character embarked on a fitness overhaul. The star, who plays Corrie favourite Craig Tinker, revealed his weight loss at The Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC) Awards in London. On screen his police officer character Craig has taken up running after finding that he was out of breath while chasing shoplifters. Craig told his friends that he was going to make an effort to get healthier after being bullied at work. “You look ace,” one fan told Colson after he shared a photo of himself at the awards. “You look amazing, well done, you’re smashing it,” said another.
“OMG, you look amazing,” commented another follower. “Looking very trim and dapper,” said another. And another messaged: “You look smashing.”
Colson, 21, has played Craig the son of Beth Sutherland in Coronation Street since 2011. Back in 2016 he shed threeand-a-half stone in weight with Ultimate Performance Fitness in Manchester and he said at the time: “I feel like an athlete.” Colson’s storylines include supporting his pal Faye Windass through her pregnancy at the age of 12.
He rescued Bethany Platt after he discovered his girlfriend Kayla Westbrook was the daughter of his depraved former boss Neil Clifton, who was jailed for raping Bethany after being introduced to her by vile grooming gang leader Nathan Curtis.
In 2018 it was revealed that he had Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – an anxiety disorder where people feel the need to check, perform routines or have certain thoughts repeatedly.
The catalyst for the disorder in his character was getting a time wrong while giving evidence at Nathan’s trial.
You look amazing, well done, you’re smashing it Twitter fan to Corrie star Colson Smith