Corrie actor Sean Wilson took to social media to post a message following his sudden exit from the ITV soap after he agreed to reprise his role six years after last appearance
Former Coronation Street actor Sean Wilson has broken his silence after he was shockingly axed from the ITV soap, just weeks after he reprised his role.
The actor, 59, returned to the cobbles as part of Helen Worth’s exit storyline as Gail Platt earlier this year, but after being summoned to the meet with show bosses, he left the set without any explanation. Even his co-stars who he had previously filmed scenes with had no idea he secretly exited the soap.
But now, taking to Twitter/X he posted a heartfelt message which simply said “Thanks for all the love xxx”, which was accompanied by a large light display that read “LOVE” The scenes that were being filmed were expected to be aired over autumn. According to reports concern for Sean was raised during his chat with bosses.
A source told the Daily Mail: “What is really odd, is that they had started filming most of the scenes, obviously with other cast members and lots of crew on set, and everyone was expecting to shoot more with Sean before he left again as part of the Gail Platt exit storyline.”
They added: “So to suddenly be told, ‘We’re not continuing and we’re going to re shoot what we’ve already done with another actor’ without any explanation is extremely unusual – unheard of. If nothing else, the soaps hate wasting time and money – so the situation must be serious enough for them to feel carrying on is untenable – but to not tell the colleagues directly involved what is going on has really got the rumour mill fired up on set.”
At the time, Sean remained tight-lipped. But recently, he took to X and shared a picture on the social media platform and captioned it with “Xx.” This came before his post earlier this week. The source added: “It seems to be something has been suggested to bosses about Sean after he’d already started. But nobody knows if it is a new thing or something from the past, it’s under total lock and key.” Last week, Sean was spotted walking with his girlfriend within the vicinity of the Coronation Street studios in Manchester’s Media City, where the show has been filmed since 2013.
Following Sean’s exit, it is believed Cold Feet star John Thomson will reprise his role as Jesse Chadwick. At the time, a TV source told The Sun: “It has come as a complete and utter shock to everyone – and his sudden exit has rocked everyone involved with Corrie. Sean was loving his time on the show, and he was very popular on set. He had filmed scenes with loads of the cast, but then suddenly he was summoned to head office, and later it filtered out he wouldn’t be returning or his scenes airing, but no explanation offered.”
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