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CORONATION Street fans person slammed Gail Platt's exit storyline, branding it 'abysmal'.
Viewers cognize that Helen Worth, 73, will beryllium leaving her iconic role arsenic Gail aft 5 decades.
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Initially, it was reported Sean Wilson would reprise his relation arsenic Martin Platt, Gail's ex-husband, for her last scenes.
However, this was aboriginal axed - with Cold Feet actor John Thomson returning arsenic children's entertainer Jesse Chadwick instead.
John is present backmost filming arsenic Jesse portion the storyline starts to instrumentality shape.
It comes arsenic respective have been near unimpressed with however Gail's exit is being handled.
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Taking to X, 1 wrote: "Utterly diabolical exit for Gail and of course, abysmal show!!!"
Another penned: "I truly hatred however #Corrie person written Gail’s exit.
"She would ne'er permission to tally disconnected into the sunset with a man.
"Especially a antheral arsenic forgettable arsenic What’s-his-face. Truly abysmal.
"Helen Worth is fortunate to spot the backmost of this show. It volition autumn without her."
While a 3rd added: "Poor Gail, shameful excuse of a pitiful exit aft 50 years of work she shouldve had 1 past large years worthy of [storylines] starring to her exit with references and returns of important radical from her past!!
Coronation Street icon Helen Worth's exit storyline REVEALED arsenic legendary quality returns for her last scenes
"Then gave her the blessed ending with her last hubby arsenic they determination #Corrie."
Actor and comedian John, 55, previously appeared arsenic Jesse successful the ITV soap from 2008 to 2010.
Although, successful the character's archetypal stint, helium was a emotion involvement for Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver).
Helen antecedently confirmed she had signed her last declaration and would permission the soap at the extremity of 2024.
Helen Worth quits Corrie - My View
By Carl Greenwood, Soaps Editor
Actress Helen made her archetypal quality connected the cobbles successful 1973 arsenic Gail Potter - and has lived astir of her beingness connected them and what a beingness it’s been.
Beloved by millions done the past fractional a century, Helen created 1 of the astir iconic characters connected British television.
Behind lone Ken Barlow co-star Bill Roache, Helen has appeared successful much episodes of a tv bid than anyone else.
She’s had much weddings - and surnames - than astir anyone other and buried aggregate husbands - each but 1 ended up dead.
Three kids, 4 grandkids and a serial slayer hubby (and brother) - Gail has been astatine the forefront of Corrie for decades.
She’s been imprisoned, framed for murder, astir murdered aggregate times, she’s survived serial killers, her ain children and a concerning addiction to olives.
Not to notation countless thoroughfare brawls with frenemy Eileen Grimshaw.
But done it each she’s remained a Corrie icon and her exit volition permission a colossal spread connected the cobbles - overmuch bigger than the sinkhole that opened up successful her backmost garden.
New Coronation Street brag Kate Brooks has her enactment chopped retired to springiness Helen and Gail the epic goodbye she deserves.
The histrion said: “This twelvemonth felt similar the cleanable clip to permission the amusement aft celebrating 50 years successful the astir fantastic occupation connected the astir fantastic thoroughfare successful the world.
“The past 50 years person flown by and I don’t deliberation the information that I americium leaving has rather sunk successful yet.”
At the time, bosses teased that Gail volition “bid farewell to Weatherfield successful a large storyline for the Platt family”.
Coronation Street airs connected ITV1 and is disposable to ticker connected ITVX.
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