Coronation Street star Andy Whyment has leapt to the soap’s defence following a spate of recent high-profile exits from the cast. This comes as Weatherfield icon Helen Worth stepped down from her role after 50 years of playing Gail Platt – with more on the way.
The sudden rash of exits has left some fans to speculate whether the soap might be in trouble behind the scenes – including rumours of a ‘riot’ between the cast.
Andy Whyment, who plays Kirk Sutherland, has set the record straight, releasing a statement to his Instagram account in which he attempted to defuse negative rumours.
Coronation Street Andy Whyment defends soap amid cast exits
Posting to his Instagram account, Andy leapt to the soap’s defence.
“There is a story about @coronationstreet in the press nearly every day at the moment,” he wrote in his post.
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