At least he has a sense of humour about it.
If you’ve been keeping up with Coronation Street over the last few weeks, you might have spotted something that doesn’t quite add up.
Viewers have called the soap out on a plot hole that, rather than a ropey storyline, has to do with the appearance one of the characters.
Robert Preston is just out of prison and is sporting a completely new look.
Gone is his head of dark hair – he’s now a silver fox with a glowing tan, despite supposedly being locked up.
Fans can’t quite get their heads around the change.
Quite a tan Robert got while in prison…. #CoronationStreet #Corrie
— Steph (@shadowsteph) November 15, 2017
Sooo….Robert is allowed fake tan in prison but not hair dye? #coronationstreet pic.twitter.com/EIMFc1OyOS
— Madame Minge (@MadameMinge) October 30, 2017
Thought I'd only missed 2 episodes of #corrie, turns out I've missed 12 years and now Robert is grey ?? #coronationstreet @ITV
— Natalie Hinchliffe (@NatHinchliffe) October 31, 2017
Robert has used the last dregs of his #just4men as fake tan. Revealing you’re a secret #silverfox can wash you out ? #coronationstreet
— Emma Lowry (@ellowry) October 30, 2017
So they have sun beds in prison ? Robert is bright orange #CoronationStreet
— michael forster (@mikeyforster) November 16, 2017
Why has Robert come out of prison looking like the hawk from Buck Rogers? Just me? #corrie #CoronationStreet @itvcorrie pic.twitter.com/DT0jVc3DY9
— TV Addict (@TVAddict666) November 13, 2017
Wdf when did Robert become a badger? #coronationstreet
— Claire Frances Lloyd (@TeaTrekTardis) November 1, 2017
Last night actor Tristan Gemmill, who plays Robert on the soap, made light of the fact that he’s got a bit of a glow on, tweeting that the prison was “very open”.
What can I say? It was an open prison – very open!! https://t.co/Wwjx4HmYB2
— Tristan Gemmill (@TristanGemmill) November 15, 2017
Did a lot of work in the prison garden https://t.co/dVyyxbhwin
— Tristan Gemmill (@TristanGemmill) November 15, 2017
That doesn’t answer the the questions about his hair though…
Still, we reckon he’s got more to worry about than going grey as there’s more drama on the way for Robert.
*Spoiler alert*
After he winds up in hospital when he’s hit by a car in Weatherfield, doctors find that he has testicular cancer.
The storyline will really test his relationship with Michelle, Tristan says.
“She gets very frustrated,” he told the Mirror.
“More than once he says he’s going to deal with it and she finds out that he’s not been completely telling her the truth.
“And being honest with each other is a huge thing with the two of them because of what happened with Steve for Michelle.”