Coronation Street clarifies star’s ‘slip of the tongue’ over missing Audrey

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Everyone can relax!

Coronation Street viewers were panicked that Audrey Roberts and, by extension Sue Nicholls, had left the show after Sally Dynevor appeared to confirm as much on a podcast appearance.

While discussing iconic Weatherfield characters, Sally, who plays the truly legendary Sally Metcalfe on the soap, said that Audrey ‘was’ a great character, with fans immediately picking up on ‘was’ being used rather than ‘is’.

Fans swarmed the Coronation Street Reddit page, with one person posting: ‘So the Conversation Street podcast did an interview with Sally Dynevor, and she said that Audrey ‘was’ a great character, not is. Now I could be reading too much into it, but does that mean she’s officially left?’

Another fan replied: ‘She’s a legendary character who was on the show for over 40 years. If the actress left. She deserves better than just having her character disappear off screen’, while a third predicted: ‘She’s long gone from the show’.

A fourth said: ‘Strange that Sue has been missing so long. In 2024, Sue claimed Corrie was ‘her life’ and a fifth added: ‘Agree this all but confirms it in my opinion.’

It turns out, all the panic was for nothing, with ITV confirming that ‘This was a slip of the tongue, nothing was meant by it.’

Audrey’s whereabouts has become a common topic of conversation amid Corrie viewers, with her last appearance coming almost exactly a year ago on November 17, 2025, with her only appearing in 28 episodes last year, before disappearing from screens altogether.

Previous episodes established that Audrey had travelled to France and was staying with her daughter Gail Platt (Helen Worth), with the implication given that she’d snagged a wealthy new man during her time away, providing an explanation for why she hasn’t been in any hurry to return home.

The last reference to Audrey came when David Platt (Jack P Shepherd) returned from his own trip to France, with David laughing that his gran was ‘swanning about with this new fella of hers, trying to speak French’…

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