{"id":885950,"date":"2026-09-09T18:04:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/885950\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T18:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:04:21","slug":"coronation-street-explains-major-jack-p-shepherd-change-amid-show-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/885950\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street explains major Jack P Shepherd change amid show return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coronation Street<\/a> spoilers follow. <\/p>\n

David Platt returned to Coronation Street today after some time away from Weatherfied, and the soap took the time to explain a big change that actor Jack P Shepherd underwent during his absence.<\/p>\n

The star went on paternity leave after his other half Hanni Treweek gave birth to their daughter Constance in the summer, and during that time he decided to get a hair transplant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In today’s episode, available on ITVX and YouTube now and airing on ITV1 later today, David turned up on the cobbles with a buzz cut<\/a> rather than his usual slightly longer hairdo \u2014 and it didn’t go unnoticed by other characters.<\/p>\n

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Shona asked what prompted David to shave his head and, in typical David fashion, he dryly replied that he had lice.<\/p>\n

Knowing how clean Gail likes to keep everything, Shona didn’t believe him for a second. The character then admitted he’d changed his hair style simply because he felt like it.<\/p>\n

David is back on the street just in time for a new Platt family drama to erupt, as Kit Connor slept with Bethany shortly after breaking up with her mum Sarah.<\/p>\n

And, unfortunately, that little secret has been discovered by Jodie Ramsey<\/a>, who is not only a major wrong ‘un, but Kit also told her that he didn’t want to follow up their date with anything more \u2014 so she’s reeling.<\/p>\n

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ITV<\/p>\n

Related: Exclusive: Coronation Street’s Ryan Prescott calls for more scenes with Swarla<\/a><\/p>\n

It’ll be another thing for Kit to deal with, as he was recently diagnosed with breast cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kit shared the news with Todd Grimshaw earlier in the week, and Todd actor Gareth Pierce exclusively told Digital Spy<\/a> that the two could end up forming a strong bond going forward.<\/p>\n

“[Todd] was the first confidante for Kit this week, and I think that could be a really lovely friendship, actually,” the actor said. “It’s always nice when you get to work with actors you don’t work with loads, and also characters.”<\/p>\n

Coronation Street airs on weeknights at 8.30pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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