Will Mellor’s Two Pints image got emotional when he talked about his father’s death in April last year and said he ‘still gets it now’.
Speaking to Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby this Monday morning, the Coronation Street actor, 44, said the ‘hardest thing’ was to lose his parent.
Will’s father, Bill died suddenly, just two weeks after being diagnosed with cancer and Will was unable to comfort his grieving family due to social distance directions.
‘He still gets me now, it’s been so hard’: Will Mellor at Coronation Street talked about Bill’s father’s death during a lockout two weeks after he was diagnosed with cancer
Phillip said: ‘I’m so sorry, you lost your father at lockdown didn’t you? ‘
Fighting back tears, Will said: ‘Yeah it’s been awful, awful sad. The hardest part is losing someone like that.
‘We did it all together and in a lock, I couldn’t be with him, I couldn’t plug him, leave a blessing. He still gets me now, he ‘s so hard. ‘
Tragta: The actor, 44, was left with damage when Bill’s father died in April last year, with the star unable to even plug his father due to Covid-19 restrictions
Emotional: Fighting back tears, the star said: ‘Yeah it’s been awful, awful sad. The hardest thing is to lose someone like that ‘
The star admitted that he is able to keep his father’s memory alive by wearing his ring while playing the role of speaker Harvey at the Corrie.
Will said: ‘I wear his ring every day. They let me spend it for the character. He lives in me now so I’m going to take him with me wherever I am.
‘I look down and if I’m having a hard time, and sadness hits you where you expect it to be. He’s with me on the dinghies, and he makes me laugh. ‘
Speaking of the soap, Will described it as an ‘honor’ to be involved and called his character a ‘bad job’.
Will said: It’s a bad job, it was an honor to be asked to do it. Not a character I usually play.
Difficult: Will spoke about the difficult year that he has had, and presenter Phillip asked: ‘I am so sorry, you lost your father during a lock – up did you not? ‘
New role: Will admits he can keep his father’s memory alive by wearing his ring while playing the role of speaker Harvey on Coronation Street
‘To do something as big as Coronation Street and be a baddie, I thought it would be fun to play. He is the worst, to try to encourage young people to take drugs.
‘It takes on people who don’t have criminal records until they get under the radar of the drugs team.’
His father of two revealed that his mother Shirley is a big fan of the show and accepted the role as the family needed a ‘little lift’.
Holly asked: ‘A dream job for you, is your whole family watching? ‘
Charles: The actor spoke truthfully about his loss and said it has been ‘so hard, adding: He still gets me now’
Will said: ‘It’s been an awful year for us, we’ve been sad. At the beginning of this year, I was just thinking I was going to capture life with the horns and see what comes my way.
‘I said if they ever come to ask me, I will. I’m probably the only Northern actor who hasn’t been there.
‘When I was 12 and getting an agent, my mum said I just want you to be in Coire! We needed a little lift. ‘
Will, who has children Jayden, 17, and Renee, 13, along with his wife Michelle, went on to tell the presenters a strange story about his pet cats, revealing that he had found the wrong one. down.
He said: ‘I have two Bengal cats and they are half wild. Leo kept going for longer periods, he went for the last seven months.
Fan: A father of two revealed that his mother Shirley strongly follows Coronation Street and took up the post as the family needed a ‘little lift’ (pictured in 2017)
‘He’s been gone for ages and we thought, maybe he’s not coming back. We thought that was probably it. We got a phone call that someone had been found, a vet.
‘They said we have Leo a cat. It looked a little rough, I thought it might have been living in someone’s shed.
‘His meow was wrong so we took him to the vets and they found out he had cancer in his throat and had to put it down. I was an emotional shipwreck. ‘
The story of the star took a strange turn when it emerged that he then received a phone call saying that his cat had been hit by a car.
Family: Will, who has children Jayden, 17, and Renee, 13, told his wife Michelle (pictured in 2019) a strange story about his pet cats, revealing that he found the man put down wrong
Will said: ‘We got his ashes and put them on the mantel piece. A few months later, we received word that your cats had been run.
‘I said no, his ashes are on the mantel piece. They put down the wrong cat. The first cat, they said the chip was contaminated.
‘It cost me a fortune to get Leo right because his back leg was hit. My daughter was like, he’s back from the dead! I got it fixed, it cost me thousands in vet bills.
‘As soon as he got better, he ran out the window and hasn’t seen him since. He has been away for a year now. I still don’t know who this is on my work. ‘
Bizarrre: Will revealed it was an ’emotional shipwreck’ when his pet cat was put down, before vets called for his pet to be hit by a car