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Coronation Street’s Jack P. Shepherd posts video of drink-spiking joke with co-star just weeks after his character was drugged and raped in controversial storyline
JACK P. Shepherd has posted a video joking about spiking drinks with his Coronation Street co-star Colson Smith amid David Platt's shocking rape storyline.
The actor was larking about with his pal when the very controversial gag was made.
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Jack and Colsen appeared to be in a pub watching a recent footie match with the actor's two children.
One of the group appeared to spot Jack's daughter putting something into one of the drinks on the table.
They then said: "What have you just put in his drink?..."
"[She] just put something in his drink... spiked... your daughter's spiked!"
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Others are heard laughing in the background.
However, a spokesperson for Coronation Street has insisted he was just having a joke with friends.
The gag about drink spiking comes as Jack is in the middle of a horrifying rape storyline.
His character David Platt was drugged and sexually assaulted by Josh.
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The rape was not seen onscreen, but David has been seen dealing with the aftermath of the attack and even going through the ordeal of having an AIDS test.
A spokesperson for Coronation Street told us the jokes made in the pub is in "no way connected" to the rape storyline.
They told us: "Jack is clearly filming his children having fun with Colson and the comment made by Colson simply refers to one of the children putting something in his drink and is no way connected to the storyline."
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