Coronation Street’s Lisa George breaks silence amid Beth Tinker's absence from soap
ok.co.ukCoronation Street star Lisa George has addressed the rumours that her character Beth Tinker had been written off the ITV soap after an ongoing absence from Weatherfield.The 52 year old actress assured fans that she had no plans to leave the cobbles and it was simply down to a cocktail of issues.
As well as being in the middle of contract negotiations, Lisa's discovery that she wasn't involved in a run of storylines over the summer meant she decided to jet off on a trip around Europe.
She then contracted the coronavirus, which kept her from returning to work even longer. In an interview with The Mirror, the soap star, who looked barely recognisable playing another completely different role in July, explained all at the Pride of Britain Awards, which took place Sunday 8th October. “It’s really weird, everyone was saying ‘you’re leaving, you’re leaving,'" Lisa laughed. “I was asked about my contract and I said I was waiting, and so they asked what I’d like to do if I didn’t get one and I said Call The Midwife. "That’s all I said.
It was a passing comment, then the next thing, everyone is ringing me like, ‘you’re leaving, you’re leaving.' “I was like no, ‘what’s all this?
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