Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas has revealed his wife Lucy Mecklenburgh’s role in Sue Cleaver's exit scenes.

It was an emotional night for fans of the ITV soap as the Eileen Grimshaw actress said goodbye to Weatherfield after 25 years.

Following weeks of speculation on how she’d leave, Eileen decided to live a new life in Thailand, where she was going to join her son Jason Grimshaw (Ryan) and invest in his bar.

Just a month on from her sister Julie Carp’s death , Eileen decided to split from her boyfriend George Shuttleworth as she was treated to a goodbye from the street’s local taxi firm, including her son Todd.

With Ryan returning to the show that made him a star for the first time since 2016, he took fans behind the scenes on Instagram.

Having already left Corrie by the

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