New Coronation Street boss faces major backlash as controversial storyline leaks and fans launch petition

CORONATION Street fans person launched a petition to alteration an upcoming storyline, aft it was leaked that a quality would beryllium 'killed off' aft 4 decades successful the soap.

News emerged this week that Debbie Webster, played by histrion Sue Devaney, volition die arsenic portion of a long-running caller storyline successful Coronation Street successful 2025.

The harrowing health crippled hasn't been good received by fans, who person reacted to the quality by launching a petition to support Debbie arsenic portion of the cast.

Debbie is the sister of Kevin Webster, who made her debut successful the programme 40 years ago, and she is acceptable to beryllium diagnosed with dementia according to the Metro.

A root told the publication: "It’s 1 of the show’s biggest storylines of the year, and a existent accidental for Sue to yet get her clip successful the spotlight – it volition conscionable beryllium devastating for fans that it volition efficaciously beryllium her last storyline."

They added that bosses are readying for her exit to spell down successful the history books with immoderate of the astir affectional scenes ever acceptable to grace the soap.

Yet fans are not acceptable to accidental goodbye arsenic 1 Coronation Street instrumentality wrote successful a forum: "The communicative of Debbie having dementia is HUGELY unpopular with agelong term, loyal viewers.

"Sue is similar a enactment of caller aerial and frivolity amongst the moaning and execution and she's besides a superb histrion and has been precise underused since her invited instrumentality successful 2019.

"I can't talk for others but aft 45 years I consciousness done with the amusement (I'm lone 50).

"The chances of you speechmaking this is slim and the chances of my moan making you alteration your caput is adjacent slimmer - but I consciousness similar I request to vent somewhere."

Another added: "Another #issue based storyline. Can't they bash a much insignificant 1 for once, possibly person a quality with diabetes oregon something, thing they speech astir successful the background.

"A spot similar EastEnders with Kojo's autism, not thing enactment successful a large announcement."

"This storyline should not beryllium for Debbie," argued another.

Some fans besides referred to caller Coronation Street brag Kate Brooks arsenic 1 instrumentality pointed out: "Kate Brooks is focussing connected turning Carla and DS Swain into the street's power couple."

Another shared: "Kate Brooks has ruined her tenure already, I don't attraction what ridiculous plots she conjures up, Corrie is done for.

"Even if it transpires Sue herself has made the determination to leave, sidesplitting her quality disconnected should beryllium retired of the question.

"I'll besides motion and enactment immoderate online petitions oregon campaigns. I deliberation the assemblage could lone judge this improvement if Sue herself has requested that Debbie beryllium killed disconnected to forestall immoderate future return."

Fans person present launched their petition to spot if they tin person the storyline changed.

Launched connected Change.org soap fans person urged: "We are asking the shaper of Corrie, Kate Brooks, to reconsider this communicative now, earlier enactment connected this begins.

"The departure of a quality similar Debbie Webster, particularly nether these circumstances, is not conscionable a originative choice—it’s a connection astir the absorption of the show.

"We privation Coronation Street to beryllium the cornerstone of TV schedules, a spot wherever we tin travel location to each occurrence for galore years to come.

"We are urging those behind-the-scenes to person a rethink, for the bully of the soap opera that we each love, and each privation to spot thrive erstwhile again."