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Coronation Street star Channique Sterling Brown has broken her silence as she confirmed rumours of her exit from the long-running show.

Reports emerged that the actress was preparing to bow out of the ITV soap on Thursday (October 2), three years after she made her debut on the cobbles as Dee-Dee Bailey.

She arrived in 2022 as the much-talked-about Diane, aka Dee-Dee, the daughter of Aggie and Ed Bailey, who had arrived in 2019 as the first regular Black family on the show.

But she'll soon be heading for pastures new. Sharing a string of pictures of herself playing Dee-Dee, Channique wrote on Instagram: "After three whirlwind years of Dee-Dee Bailey, I’ve decided to say farewell to the cobbles.

"Bittersweet to be saying goodbye, but I am so excited for pastures new an

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