Coronation Street star Antony Cotton has denied reports of a dispute with his soap colleagues Jack P Shepherd and Ryan Thomas.
The actor, who plays Weatherfield's Sean Tully, mocked the pair on Twitter at the weekend after they jokingly accused him of name-dropping on the social networking site.
Cotton responded by branding Shepherd (David Platt) a "little irritant" and claiming that Thomas (Jason Grimshaw) has "a lot of time on his hands" due to a lack of offers for personal appearances.
Although the 36-year-old quickly assured his followers that the remarks were light-hearted, the tweets have today led to tabloid reports of a "war of words" between the Coronation Street stars.
Writing on his Twitter page, Cotton commented: "Slow news day today obvs (sic). Breaking news!!! @ryanjamesthomas @JackPShepherd88 and I have a sense of humour. I know!!! Outrageous!!!"
He continued: "But seriously though. I called @ryanjamesthomas and @JackPShepherd88 to my office first thing this morning and they issued this statement - 'We apologise unreservedly to the old boot. We promise to make him cups of tea whenever he wants'. I was unavailable for comment."
Cotton recently took a break from Coronation Street to star on ITV's I'm A Celebrity, but is now back filming and will return to screens in March.
