Salford born comedian and actor Jason Manford asked for his storyline to be changed on Waterloo Road after his daughters said it was “weird”.
The 43-year-old played headteacher Steve Savage who had a romantic interest in canteen worker Nicky Walter played by Kym Marsh, 48.
Manford, told Good Morning Britain: “It’s very of its time I suppose so one of the storylines they mentioned was that my teacher, he’s a widower, and he was going to have this romance with this teacher”.
“They mentioned the teacher who it was, and I mentioned it to my girls, who loved the show, and they were like, ‘you can’t do that, you weirdo, she’s about 24 and you’re 43, that’s weird’.
“I didn’t know the character, so I rang the producer and I said, look, I’d love to be in it, what a privilege to be the headteacher, but I said, I can’t have this storyline, it’s just weird, it’s just not right in today’s society, and certainly my daughters were not happy with it.
“So, I said, is there another more age-appropriate member of staff who maybe he could have this romance with? They said, What about Kim Marsh? And I said, I’ll see you Monday.”
The Salford-born comedian and actor appeared in series 14 of the show. In his final episode the headteacher was put behind bars for perverting the course of justice.
For the next series of Waterloo Road, Manford’s character will be replaced by a new headteacher, Dame Stella Drake, played by Lindsey Coulson.
Since leaving the show Jason Manford has begun his stand-up tour ‘A Manford All Seasons’, which is coming to the 02 Apollo in Manchester tonight (November 28th).
The stand-up tour begins tonight, and will have three dates in 2024 that will see him visit Manchester, Birmingham and Nottingham, as well as long list of dates set for 2025
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