While TV fans were left on the edge of their seats as they followed the latest series of Celebrity Big Brother , days dragged by for Colson Smith and he found a hilarious way to kill time. Speaking to Coronation Street co-stars Ben Price and Jack P. Shepherd on their shared podcast On The Sofa , the
Actor revealed that, "because of the boredom", he'd decided to prank his CBB housemates with the help of a well-placed wall and his best Big Brother imitation. The 25-year-old soap star admitted that he would often call his housemates to the famous Diary Room using a booming voice and, unfortunately for him, Louis Walsh had also been one of his targets. "Because of the boredom", Colson said, "I used to turn my head around, face the wall and I used to call people to the Diary Room." Best deals as Dyson launches spring sale with £130 off cordless vacuums Colson Smith earned third place in the Celebrity Big Brother reboot but prior to the final, he found an interesting way to keep himself busy by pranking his housemates ( Image: REX/Shutterstock for Big Brother) Colson described instances during which his prank had been successful and claimed: "They'd get as far as being sat in the Diary Room chair and Big Brother would be like 'we've not called you, Colson has.'" But when he decided that it was Louis' turn to unnecessarily head to the Diary Room, the prankster was thrown by the
Irish star's fiery reaction. "I did it once to Louis and he was like '******* hell, again?'", Colson remembered, "'I've already been three times', and he got up and started walking." Thankfully for the former X Factor judge, Colson decided his pranks had to end and he confessed that he had tried to trick him all along before urging him to sit back down. Colson is best known for his portrayal of beloved copper, PC Craig Tinker, in ITV 's long-running soap Coronation Street and, after last in the Celebrity Big Brother house for several weeks. He was also one of the show's five finalists and earned third place in the reboot of the reality program. But despite his popularity in the show, Colson was left devastated when he encountered some tension with housemate Levi Roots , who branded him "boring" during a task. Sadly, the 65-year-old businessman reopened old wounds for the actor, which left him
BREAKING down in tears. Colson explained that he decided against pranking Louis Walsh after the former X Factor judge's expletive reaction to his tricks ( Image: REX/Shutterstock for Big Brother) Rumours of him being axed from Celebrity Big Brother in a shocking "back door eviction" then emerged, which prompted Ben aka Nick Tilsley and Jack, better known as David Platt in Corrie, to take a stand for their soap co-star . When the time came for Colson Smith to pack his things and leave the house, he was then stunned to be given a Coronation Street script mere moments later as he told Good Morning
Britain days after the CBB fina l and David Potts ' victory. "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", Colson told host Richard Madeley at the time. "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." Follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok , Snapchat ,
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