Corrie prison: no bunk sharing with Bubba

For soap fans, especially the gay ones, a new storyline revealed by twinky actor Jack P Shepherd seemed too good to be true. It was.

Shepherd, 20, who has been in the soap since 2000, can be seen in the picture above wrestling a sea lion.

Sorry, hold on, that's his on-screen mum, Gail Potter Tilsley Hillman Platt. Yes, married three times AND she gave birth to a child that transformed into Adam Rickitt.

Anyway back to the story.

Shepard told the nice people on the This Morning sofa that during his character David's stay in prison there were "disturbing scenes."

"He's got a cellmate called Bubba, and Bubba likes to play sometimes ... they share bunk beds, you see. David's is the top bunk - and so is Bubba's, if you get my drift. There are a few shower scenes, too!"

The lovely people at the Daily Star interpreted this to mean:

"Corrie's David Platt is set to become a beefy prison inmate's bitch!"

Charming. Anyway the lovely people in the ITV press office have only gone and thrown a bucket of ice cold water over the whole Bubba/bunk sharing/shower scene thing.

"Jack was making what was clearly a joke and there's no truth in it whatsoever."

Shame.