Coronation Street's Gary Windass gets mistaken for Chesney
Referring to how Kelvin is still called 'Suggers' from his soap star days in Emmerdale, host Liz was intrigued to know what the public refer to Mikey as.
"It's Chesney, it's followed me around all these years. It's funny,' Mikey laughed.
"It's an in-joke at jobs" target="_blank">work that my name is Chesney.
"I guess people who dip in and out who watched it when Chesney was really young, and then tune in years later and see me, they think that Chesney grew up to be me.'
Mikey then went on to reveal how himself and Sam shared a dressing room at the show for 15 years.
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However, Mikey said he "just goes along with it" when people call him the nickname – and even ask him how Chesney's late dog Schmeichel is.
Sam Aston, who played Chesney, first joined the soap in 2003, five years before Mikey.
Sam, 31, was crowned the winner of Dancing on Ice earlier this year, alongside his skating partner Molly Lanaghan.
Looking towards the future, Mickey said that he'd love to share the screen with Emmerdale rogue Cain Dingle when both soaps take part in a historic crossover episode next year.
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'It's being kept top secret,' he said.
'It'll be people from both soaps mixing together for the first time ever.'
'Gary vs Cain [in the same scene] would be great – a Windass and a Dingle.'
Coronation Street currently airs on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 8 pm on ITV1. Viewers can also stream episodes on ITVX.
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