Coronation Street star Alex Bain breaks silence amid 'split' from fiancée

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Coronation Street's Alex Bain has broken his social media silence and as he announced his return on his Instagram stories.The soap star took a trip to the theatre to see the UK tour of The King and I, where he shared a snap of the stage and wrote: “Guess who’s back on Instagram!

And what perfect timing.” Alex, who has played Simon Barlow for the last 15 years on Coronation Street, has made his return to his socials after announcing he he was “taking a break” following his reported breakup from fiancée Mollie Lockwood last month.

At the time he wrote: “Due to recent personal life events, I will be taking a break from all forms of social media. "I'm sure you can all understand.

I will still be around however, because of certain numbers of comments made on the recent articles, and numerous other personal reasons, I will be stepping away for a while to work on myself and personal healing. "For now, unless it's necessary for me to be here, I will be very absent for a while." The star also thanked people who had messaged him “personally” and said “thank you, from the bottom of my heart." He ended the emotional post with a simple red heart emoji.The pair had been dating for three years, with Alex popping the question on their two-year anniversary.