Daily Inspiration Quote by Richard Fleeshman

In celebrity culture, the denial is part of the performance. Fleeshman’s line reads like a preemptive strike against the tabloid logic that assumes a soap set is basically a dating pool with better lighting. By opening with the blunt “I’ve never been out with any of the cast,” he isn’t just shutting down a rumor; he’s refusing the script that turns workplace proximity into inevitable romance.

The second sentence does the heavier lift. “We’re all very close friends” offers warmth, but it’s quickly fenced in by “so it’s very much a professional attitude.” That pivot is the tell: he’s trying to preserve two competing truths at once. On long-running shows like Coronation Street, the cast often functions like a family, which is exactly what makes boundaries both necessary and suspect. Fleeshman acknowledges the intimacy without letting it become a headline.

There’s also a career-management savvy here. For an actor, especially one working in a national institution like Corrie, being perceived as “professional” is a currency: it signals reliability to producers, respectability to viewers, and stability to the brand of the show itself. The phrasing is careful, almost HR-coded, because it’s aimed at an audience that includes fans, press, and employers.

Underneath it all is a quiet complaint about entitlement: the idea that the public deserves access not just to performances, but to private logistics of attraction. This isn’t coyness; it’s boundary-setting dressed as politeness.