Coronation Street star Colson Smith has opened up about the one thing heāll miss most about the soap after his exit scenes aired.
PC Craig Tinker sadly passed away last night (Wednesday, May 21), in emotional hospital scenes.
With this bringing an end to 14 years on the cobbles, Colsonās now bid a final farewell to the soap.
Craig Tinkerās death in Coronation Street
Craig Tinker tried to prove his worth to DC Kit Green during his day of shadowing him. With Kit telling him that he wasnāt cut out to be a DC, Craig then set out to show him what he was capable of after some wise words from DS Lisa Swain.
After hearing of a disturbance at Mick and Louās house, Craig investigated but was turned away by Lou.
Seeing Mick drive off in his van, Craig went out on patrol and pulled him over for drunk driving.
An angry Mick then pulled out a baseball bat and whacked Craig over the head.
Last night, at the hospital, Craig had suffered severe swelling to the brain.
Asha, Maria, Kirk and Jess all gathered outside of his hospital room as Craig flatlined and sadly passed away.
Coronation Street star Colson Smith admits āone thingā heāll miss after exit
Now that heās left the role of Craig after 14 years on the show, Colson Smith has opened up about what heāll miss the most about Coronation Street after his exit.
Speaking to Entertainment Daily! and other media, Colson admitted: āI do miss Corrie. I miss going to work, I miss having a job. Iām accepting that nothing will ever replace that. I can do anything in the rest of my career, the rest of my life, and Iām fully aware that I will never get what I have from Coronation Street from anywhere else.
āThatās the thing Iām going to ponder for, thatās the thing that Iām going to miss.
āI just know that it wonāt be Corrie, thatās my grief as such, itās not Corrie, thatās done, thatās over, that chapterās done.ā
He then confessed that the thing heāll miss the most is the āfamilyā aspect of working on the soap.
Colson confessed: āI will miss the green room.
āThe entire building is literally a family. And it almost shuffles and holds more weight at times than your own family and your own life.
āSo that is what I will miss, that I am not part of that family anymore.ā However, he will be keeping in touch with his Corrie friends outside of the show, with those bonds continuing for hopefully many years to come.