Former Westlife singer Brian McFadden says he was offered Shayne Ward’s role in Coronation Street – but he turned it down.
Shayne burst onto the cobbles in August as Michelle’s cousin and Carla’s long-term friend Aidan Connor, and he went down a storm with fans of the show. But Brian claims the role very nearly went to him.
‘I did actually get asked to go and have a meeting with Coronation Street about doing a role in it but time wouldn’t let me because I was doing Who’s Doing The Dishes and I had an album coming out,’ he told The Sun.
But Brian says he decided it wasn’t for him as he couldn’t relocate to Manchester for nine months.