Actor Kevin Kennedy, best known for playing Curly Watts on ITV’s Coronation Street, says the show played a key role in helping him recover from alcohol addiction. He describes how his time on the soap prompted intervention that ultimately led to rehabilitation.
Across outlets, Kennedy is quoted saying that appearing in the programme “saved his life” and was a turning point before he began rebuilding his health. The reports frame his comments as an account of a long-running personal struggle with alcoholism and the support he received. While the articles differ slightly in emphasis—one highlights his candid disclosure and others focus more directly on the role of Coronation Street in steering him toward treatment—they describe the same overall narrative: his recovery is tied to help connected to his work on the ITV soap.
