ITV Corrie fans spot newspaper article calling for more humour during scenes with dying Laura Neelan
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe Manchester Evening News made a Coronation Street cameo in Sunday night's hour-long episode as Laura Neelan read our article about the soap.
Kelly Neelan's abusive mother, played by Kel Allen, arrived back in Weatherfield last month to reveal that she was dying of stomach cancer and had only months left to live.
Since then a shattered Kelly has been secretly looking after her mum while juggling shifts at the barbers Trim Up North. READ MORE: 'Is this the drugs hour?': ITV Corrie fans complain about pre-watershed drug taking scenes On Sunday night Laura was seen lying on the settee with some reading material, and eagle-eyed fans spotted she had open a story from the M.E.N about the long-running soap.
Fans clocked that the article, from April 2018, was about a heartfelt open letter written to the show’s producer Iain MacLeod as he took over from Kate Oates who had been at the helm for two years.
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