Coronation St's Ryan: 'I'm very much single'

Coronation St's Ryan: 'I'm very much single'
Coronation St's Ryan: 'I'm very much single' (Image credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

Ryan Thomas has dismissed claims he is dating Imogen Thomas, insisting he is "very much single". The Coronation Street actor, who plays Jason Grimshaw, was pictured with the Welsh Big Brother babe at a theme park, leading to claims they are a couple. But at the TV Choice awards, Ryan stressed: "Not at all. Imogen's a friend of mine. We just went to Alton Towers, and now I've been paired off with her." He went on: "For the record I've never gone out with her and I'm not going out with her but she's a good friend." Ryan broke up with former Corrie actress Tina O'Brien, with whom he as a daughter, last year, after six years together. The actor added: "I'm very much single, I've never not been single since..." before tailing off and smiling cheekily. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, the Soap Scoop

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.