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GMB's Ed Balls reveals secret crush on Corrie's Gail Platt after actress Helen Worth announced she's quit the show after 50 years


The TV presenter, 57, was discussing actress Helen Worth's decision to leave the ITV soap on Thursday's GMB.

Helen has been at the centre of an array of explosive storylines, including her daughter Sarah's teenage pregnancy, and the death of her fourth debt-ridden husband Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale) during a failed life insurance scheme. In Helen's hands, Gail has been a huge part of Coronation Street for five decades and at the centre of some of the most memorable storylines - often deriving from her catastrophically bad luck in choosing husbands!' While her exit storyline has been kept top secret some fans have speculated Gail will be killed off in her final episode, citing the character's 2021 heart attack.

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