Soap star Sally Dynevor has revealed she refused to watch Sinead Tinker’s cancer storyline in Coronation Street after her own battle with the disease.
The actress discovered she had breast cancer while filming a storyline for Sally Webster who was battling the same disease.
On Friday night’s episode, Corrie viewers were in tears as Sinead slipped away after fighting cervical cancer.
Speaking on Podcast You, Me and the Big C, Sally said: “I just can’t watch it.
“I think they’re doing a brilliant job, so brilliant it makes me not want to watch it. Only because it’s self-preservation. I don’t need to keep going there.”
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In 2010 Sally was preparing for a storyline that would see her character diagnosed with breast cancer when she discovered a lump.
The mum-of-three, 56, said: “I fainted when I was diagnosed. I woke up on a bed, looked at the doctor and said, ‘I’m so sorry, you’ve got me mixed up with my character. That’s my character.’
“And he went, ‘I’m so sorry, it’s you. You’ve got breast cancer.’
“I was like, ‘’‘’’’’’
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