{"id":609679,"date":"2026-09-08T14:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T14:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/609679\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T14:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T14:24:12","slug":"coronation-streets-jacob-roberts-unveils-hair-transformation-as-kit-cancer-story-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/609679\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street’s Jacob Roberts unveils hair transformation as Kit cancer story begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coronation Street<\/a>‘s Jacob Roberts has unveiled a hair transformation as Kit Green’s new storyline begins. The character was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer<\/a> in last night’s episode, after experiencing some worrying symptoms.<\/p>\n

Roberts appeared on ITV’s Lorraine this morning, looking a little different than usual. He explained that he had shaved his hair off, ahead of Kit’s upcoming chemotherapy scenes. <\/p>\n

“This happened yesterday,” he said, pointing to his head. “We went down to a number two and then we shaved it completely off.”<\/p>\n

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Speaking about receiving the storyline<\/a>, Roberts shared that he was “very grateful” to explore a more “personal” side to his character, adding that he wanted to “do a good job”. <\/p>\n

“I think, the more I spoke to people with male breast cancer, the more I realised that it’s sort of a woman’s world, in a way. You know, it happens to both people but we don’t realise how much you can feel a bit emasculated,” he told host Lorraine Kelly.<\/p>\n

“I’m hoping to get some awareness out. It’s a big killer as well, in the woman’s world so hopefully we can get it out to the males as well.”<\/p>\n

The star also shared that fans will see a “different side to Kit” as the storyline progresses, hinting at a “more vulnerable stage” and “different layers” to his character development. <\/p>\n

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Related: Coronation Street reveals Kit’s next controversy after Bethany twist<\/a><\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the interview, Roberts<\/a> addressed last night’s cliffhanger, in which it was revealed that Kit had slept with Bethany Platt<\/a>, the daughter of his ex Sarah Platt. <\/p>\n

He explained that he “doesn’t know where that’s come from”, and that he and Lucy Fallon (who plays Bethany) have been left to “pick up the pieces” of the plot twist. <\/p>\n

“I’m tryna justify it but I can’t,” he laughed. “It doesn’t sound right, does it?” <\/p>\n

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

Read more Coronation Street spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

If you would like more information or support about living with cancer or treatment, please click here<\/a> for guidance from Macmillan Cancer Support<\/a>, or click here<\/a> to learn more from Stand Up to Cancer<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coronation Street‘s Jacob Roberts has unveiled a hair transformation as Kit Green’s new storyline begins. The character was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[137241,140507,635,276190,637,146,85,46,195853,636,276189,237453,137240,411],"class_list":["post-609679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-collection-lorraine","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-23c4838c-26f5-45cd-8334-30ce6cdab492","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-corrie-star-unveils-hair-transformation-as-kit-story-begins","tag-sponsored-false","tag-subsection-coronation-street","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}