OHMYGOSSIP — Kieron Richardson struggled with ‘Hollyoaks’ shirtless calendars.
The 34-year-old actor – who plays Ste Hay in the Channel 4 soap – regularly featured in the soap’s ‘Hunks’ and ‘Babes’ calendars, which were discontinued in 2012, but he admits he found it “horrendous” as he didn’t like his body.
Speaking on a Facebook Live to promote the soap’s 25th anniversary, he said: “It used to be horrendous for me. When I knew that time was coming up – I think we used to shoot it in April – and I’ve never been known for having a body. I’ve always been just skinny and hated being skinny. I tried to go to the gym but wasn’t getting successful. I tried to eat more, but was just a naturally skinny person. So I think when we used to do the calendar I was like, ‘Please can I just do the headshot?’ Obviously the show was renowned for having a body like that or what I thought back in the day, and that’s what people’s perception of it was. But then when you actually work there and watch it, it’s now more about the actual talent rather than what people look like.”
Meanwhile, Kieron has also been pushed out of his comfort zone by Emmett J. Scanlan, who played his character’s former partner Brendan Brady on the soap.
He said recently: “I loved working with Emmett. I loved learning a craft from a different angle. He was so brave in his choices, and maybe I wasn’t as brave an actor. He helped me push myself out of my comfort zone and do things that I wouldn’t necessarily choose to do myself. We are still in contact … I speak on the phone to him every now and then – not all of the time, he’s obviously very busy, and I’m busy with the family life. I saw him at an awards recently, and we had a little drink together and a catch up. We were reminiscing about the good old days.”
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