Coronation Street couple reveal they're secretly married in real life and nobody knew
ok.co.ukA fictional Coronation Street couple are also married in real life, and soap fans had no idea. Steven Meo played businessman Rufus Donahue on the ITV show, after he arrived back in February to help Carla Connor with Underworld.
However, things didn't go as smoothly as he would have hoped – just one month later, Rufus met his end with serial killer Stephen Reid.
Rufus had worked out Stephen's plan to drug Carla and that led to him becoming Stephen's third victim. Months after his death, Rufus' wife Lou has arrived on the cobbles, and she thinks there is more to her husband's death.
Lou is being played by Steve's real wife, Eleanor Howell, with the pair confirming their marriage news on Twitter. She told her followers: "Well, don’t mind if I do… Delighted to say I’m joining the lovely bunch at Corrie! "Following in @stevemeo’s footsteps, Catch me as my real-life hubby’s on-screen widow! "On screen from this Monday… here’s hoping I catch that @todd_boyce." Steve then reshared the post as he said: "Hugely proud to announce my super talented wife will be appearing in #Corrie from next week on, as my On-screen grieving widow!! #proudhusband." The couple got engaged in New York in 2010, whilst he was performing the play on Broadway, and they were married in Tetbury in 2012.They have two sons together.
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