Coronation Street legend on why they turned down Celebrity Traitors stint

A Coronation Street legend has revealed why they had to turn down an appearance on this year's series of Celebrity Traitors . The BBC murder mystery show - hosted by telly legend Claudia Winkleman - returned to screens last month for its first-ever celeb version . Taking part were some huge names, including presenters Alan Carr, Stephen Fry and Clare Balding, as well as singer Cat Burns and comedian Lucy Richardson. On the programme, the famous faces play for the chance to win up to £100,000 for their chosen charities by trying to banish all of the Traitors in the iconic Scottish castle. And after weeks of deceit, murder and betrayal, the series came to an end this week, with Traitor Alan winning the series and bagging £87,500 for the children's charity Neuroblastoma UK, a sum he said would "change lives". However, it seems that Celebrity Traitors 2025 almost had a mega Coronation Street star in the cast. Last month, David Platt actor Jack P. Shepherd shared that he “got asked about Traitors but I can’t because it’s BBC”. And in a recent episode of his On The Sofa podcast , he revealed ITV were actually more than happy to have let him go on the show. Revealing he was “availability checked”, before the first Celebrity Traitors series, Jack said: “I wouldn’t be able to do it because it’s ITV and BBC. But it turns out apparently I would have been! [Allowed to appear on the show].” Jack explained: “Because ITV came to me and went, ‘Really? We would have 100% let you done that’ but I went ‘you wouldn’t have done because I was actually filming so I wouldn’t have been able to.’” Jack - who has appeared on Corrie since he was 12 - then went on to tease he could be appearing on the next series of Celebrity Traitors. Co-host Colson Smith asked: “ So are we having you next series?” Jack then smirked and replied: “I don’t know.” Jack is no stranger to reality TV. Earlier this year, he won over the hearts of viewers on Celebrity Big Brother . The soap star ended up being crowned the winner of the 24th series of the show finishing ahead of radio presenter Danny Beard and Dance Moms star JoJo Siwa. Coronation Street airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX