Coronation Street star Wendi Peters breaks silence on ‘bizarre’ axing of show legend

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

Wendi portrayed the relation of Cilla Battersby-Brown successful the ITV soap until 2014. Cilla was successful a narration with Les Battersby, played by Bruce Jones.

Last month, it was confirmed Bruce’s quality Les would beryllium killed off, bringing heartbreaking quality for siblings Leanne (Jane Danson) and Toyah (Georgia Taylor). 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 this news, histrion Wendi Peters was vocal connected societal media level X astir Les’ death. Now, she has spoken astir it successful much detail.

‘It’s a spot bizarre’, she said successful a chat with The Sun.

‘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 astir 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 the MailOnline.

‘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.

Yesterday, the BBC One soap aired it’s last ever episode pursuing 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.

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