Coronation Street star unrecognisable as he appears on This Morning 21 years after quitting soap

CORONATION Street prima Kevin Kennedy looked unrecognisable arsenic helium was interviewed connected This Morning today.

Kevin, 63, who played binman Norman ‘Curly’ Watts connected the soap betwixt 1983 and 2003, stunned ITV viewers erstwhile helium appeared connected their screens earlier.

Having discontinue the iconic relation 21 years ago, the histrion shared details of his caller task successful the workplace with Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley.

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Teasing this breathtaking project, helium explained however it stands successful stark opposition to his erstwhile relation arsenic Curly.

Kevin fondly reminisced astir his clip successful Weatherfield, describing it arsenic an unforgettable section of his life.

He said: “I was truthful fortunate to get that role,” highlighting immoderate of his astir iconic storylines, including Curly's matrimony to Raquel Wolstenhulme, played by Sarah Lancashire.

One memorable episode, airing connected New Year’s Eve 1999, saw Raquel asking Curly for a divorce and revealing they had a girl together.

Looking backmost connected his exit from the show, helium said, “I had been wanting to research caller opportunities, and leaving Coronation Street gave maine the accidental to prosecute them."

Kevin's quality connected This Morning prompted galore fans to telephone for his instrumentality to the cobbles.

One tweeted: "Would emotion for Curly to instrumentality to Corrie. What the soap desperately needs is to bring backmost immoderate of its astir iconic characters wherever imaginable and Curly was perfectly 1 of those."

Another added: "Curly, Chalkie Whitely and Eddie Yeats connected the bins. Them were the days."

Kevin's character was known for his unlucky-in-love persona and was highly recognisable bleach-blonde hair, oval-shaped glasses and cheeky grin.

Curly yet recovered existent emotion successful the arms of his 2nd woman Emma Watts, played by Angela Lonsdale.

After the soap, Kevin went connected to look successful different programmes specified as Holby City (when helium took connected the relation of David Bowie tribute enactment Graham Ollerinshaw successful 2017) and joined the West End London accumulation of Queen & Ben Elton's We Will Rock You.

Off surface Kevin has been outspoken astir his travel to sobriety and serves arsenic manager of Kennedy Street services, a societal endeavor helium holds with his woman Clare which offers escaped telephone proposal signposting to section betterment services, home-based detox, assorted betterment focused programmes and a nonrecreational proposal and coaching service.

The prima has antecedently made it wide helium would emotion for his on-screen alter ego to marque a comeback.

Speaking to The Mirror, Kevin said: "I'd emotion to travel backmost to Coronation Street; I inactive person a large narration with ITV and I deliberation Curly would person immoderate stories to tell.

"It’s a antithetic soap from erstwhile I was successful it, but erstwhile I joined it was a antithetic amusement from 10 years earlier that.

"It changes for the amended I deliberation and deals with superb ideas and stories."