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Coronation Street star Sue Cleaver addresses decision to leave soap as Eileen Grimshaw after 25 years


25 years after she first arrived on Coronation Street, Eileen Grimshaw star Sue Cleaver has now spoken about on her upcoming exit.

Speaking on Loose Women today (Thursday, January 9), the Corrie actress addressed the real reason for her decision to leave. Katy is back on the cobbles as Julie (Credit: ITV) Whilst the main details about Eileen Grimshaw’s are being kept under wraps, we do know that Eileen’s sister Julie Carp – played by Katy Cavanagh – will be returning as part of this storyline. Teasing her final storyline, Sue hinted: “We started filming my exit storyline, lovely Katy Cavanagh has come back, who plays Julie [Carp] and we’ve literally started filming that.

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