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Celebrity Big Brother: Colson Smith profile – bullying ordeal he faced for being ‘the fat ginger kid’ to 10-stone weight loss

Colson Smith is reportedly joining Celebrity Big Brother. Here's everything we know about the Coronation Street star, including his net worth.

In 2009, he began attending acting classes run by Northern Film and Drama, and two years later was cast as Craig in Corrie. During an interview with the Coronation Street Blog in 2017, Colson admitted that joining the soap at such a young age meant he had to grow up “quickly”. Colson lost 10 stone in 18 months (Credit: ITV) He then explained that when lockdown happened in 2020, that was the “perfect” time for him to pursue his goal of losing weight.

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