Coronation Street star's exit confirmed in emotional post after fans feared death twist

Coronation Street star, Calum Lill, who plays villain, Joel Deering, is leaving the cobbles aft his character's assemblage surfaced from the stream successful Monday night's episode

A immense Coronation Street character's exit has been confirmed aft shocking scenes connected the soap.

Viewers were stunned connected Monday erstwhile villain Joel Deering's assemblage surfaced from the river, with constabulary confirming foul play. Before the bombshell announcement, immoderate fans feared Joel wasn't truly dead. However, aft his execution was revealed, Channique Sterling-Brown, who plays the brute's ex, Dee-Dee Bailey, shared a tribute video to actor, Calum Lill connected Instagram.

Featuring The Rembrandts' classical I'll Be There For You (aka the Friends" taxable song), the clip showed assorted moments of the pair's clip moving together.

Her caption read: "RIP Joel Deering. You were flipping atrocious but you came successful the signifier of 1 of my champion mates and for that I’m precise grateful. A twelvemonth of shenanigans, endless brews, rehearsing lone to get distracted and you carrying each my stuff. Thanks for the champion twelvemonth Cal, I wouldn't person wanted to archer DeeDee and Joel's communicative with anyone else. Right that's capable being bully now, we can't spend for that caput of yours to get immoderate bigger. Over and retired x."

Calum commented: "Maaaaate, this acceptable maine close off! So galore bully memories. I’m gonna miss you truthful much… I’ll adjacent miss having to transportation your things everywhere."

Monday's occurrence saw Joel's assemblage aboveground from a stream - earlier a station mortem revealed helium was successful information dormant earlier helium entered the h2o and this was nary suicide.

DC Kit Green's (Jacob Roberts) announcement that Joel's decease was present a execution probe sent shockwaves astir Weatherfield.

Corrie viewers volition spot immoderate large twists this week aft the murder, with a September decease day acceptable to beryllium revealed, meaning Joel was bumped disconnected weeks ago.

The soap has promised the storyline volition beryllium 1 of their biggest ever whodunnits. A fig of suspects volition beryllium confirmed, with the archetypal 2 announced this week. A caller representation reveals Ronnie Bailey and Mason Radcliffe are the cardinal suspects, but much volition beryllium named successful upcoming scenes.

Just weeks agone fans were suspicious of Dee-Dee aft she began acting retired of character, amid her turmoil implicit Joel's lies. Then determination was DS Swain who appeared to beryllium hiding an injury, with nary hint arsenic to however she got it, portion determination was besides a substance hint astir Betsy which revealed Joel had threatened to termination her.

The Sun revealed successful August that Calum would beryllium leaving Weatherfield successful "explosive scenes" aft a twelvemonth playing the character. A root said: “Calum has made a immense interaction arsenic Joel implicit the past twelvemonth but helium ever knew it would beryllium for a fixed term. He’s been large playing Joel but each bully soap villains indispensable get their comeuppance and Joel’s is coming precise soon."

“He’s already landed his archetypal occupation aft the amusement and truthful he’ll beryllium finished successful clip to commencement rehearsals for that. But on-screen Joel has nary thought what’s coming for him arsenic his acheronian secrets commencement to beryllium exposed.”

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