Coronation Street legend calls out ITV over ‘bizarre’ off-screen axing of co-star

Coronation Street’s Wendi Peters responded to the quality of her erstwhile co-star Bruce Jones’ abrupt axing from the show.

Wendi portrayed the relation of Cilla Battersby-Brown successful the ITV soap for 4 years betwixt 2003 and 2007, returning for a little impermanent stint 10 years ago. 

The quality was joined to Bruce’s Les Battersby, who volition beryllium killed disconnected successful upcoming scenes.

Heartbreaking quality will scope siblings Leanne (Jane Danson) and Toyah (Georgia Taylor) that their dada has passed distant astatine work. 

Bruce, who is 71, was initially fto spell from the soap for off-set behaviour, and allegedly insulting fans and yet revealing plots.

His vocation has taken rather a antithetic way these days, arsenic helium present partakes successful nonrecreational wrestling.

Following quality breaking astir the story, histrion Wendi vocalised her opinions connected societal media level X. She aboriginal discussed the concern successful much item successful a chat with The Sun.

‘It’s a spot bizarre’, she said.

‘I conjecture we haven’t been determination for 20 years, truthful we’re not nether contract. They tin determine immoderate they privation to do. However, determination mightiness person been a nicer mode of approaching it.’

It was previously reported Bruce was told about the axing of his quality via email.

‘[Show bosses] already emailed maine implicit a fortnight agone to archer maine what was happening. I really thought, good fine, I played him for 10 years. It gives maine closure. Maybe it volition halt radical asking maine each the clip erstwhile I’m going back, if I’m going back’, the histrion explained to Mail Online.

‘People privation maine back, but it’ll halt each that, successful buying centres, wherever I go. I’m pleased it’s happening but I’m besides bittersweet astir losing a quality I played for 10 years. I’m grateful to the thoroughfare for that. I went retired the different time and radical asked 4 times that day, “when are you coming back? The thoroughfare is dead.”’

Wendi Peters returned to our screens past year, playing the relation of Nina Bulsara successful Doctors.

Earlier this month, the BBC One soap aired it’s last ever episode following the broadcaster’s determination to axe the show.

The last episode saw the squad astatine the Mill combat backmost aft Graham Elton (Alex Avery) – the troublesome caller spouse astatine the country – waged warfare connected everything that the signifier stood for.

This nonfiction was primitively published connected 11th November 2024.

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