Helen Worth, aka Gail Platt, says her departing co-star Lucy Fallon (Bethany) 'has to go and see what’s out there'
Coronation Street star Helen Worth has hit back at reports that the soap is in crisis following revelations that a number of the cast are leaving.
The 68-year-old soap legend, who first played Gail Platt way back in 1974, is unfazed by a number of her co-stars, including Lucy Fallon who plays her screen granddaughter Bethany, revealing that they’re quitting.
Talking to The Mirror, Helen said: “Rumours of a crisis are absolute nonsense. This happens all the time, it’s the natural way of Coronation Street.
“I’ve seen a few come and go but I’m still hanging in there.”
She certainly is hanging in there and this summer she’ll reach another milestone on the ITV hit.
“In July I will have been on the street for 45 years. We are moving along. Am I staying for 50 years? I’ve no idea, we will see.”
Helen went on to praise “very talented actress” Lucy Fallon and, supporting her decision to explore new roles, said: “She has to go and see what’s out there. Of course I’d love her to come back, but in actual fact, I would rather she was working so much that she didn’t need to come back."
As well as Lucy, Faye Brookes (Kate Connor), Kym Marsh (Michelle Connor), and Tristan Gemmill (Robert Preston) have all revealed they’re leaving the cobbles.
But Katie McGlynn, who was also rumoured to be departing, has tweeted that she hasn’t quit her role as Sinead Tinker. She added that she “fully committed to our long running storyline, we do not know the outcome as of yet, which is how we like it!”
Coronation Street continues on ITV.
