Corrie stars row over personalised videos side hustle

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by Marianna Manson |
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It looks like there’s conflict on the cobbles as two of Coronation Street’s biggest stars have had a very public fall out on social media.

Replying to a query on Twitter, Sally Ann Mathews, who plays Jenny Connor on the soap, told a fan that they could write into the studio for an autograph. She tweeted, “Write to us at Trafford Wharf Road. We do them for free!

“You should never pay for an autograph (or a video message come to that).”

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Simon Gregson was in the firing line ©ITV

It appears to be a dig at the new trend of celebrities charging fans for personalised video messages, something that many of Sally Ann’s co-stars are currently capitalising on.

A fan replied to the tweet saying, “Exactly how it should be. Making cash from birthday messages is another issue for me. Don’t get me started.”

“Oh I hear ya” Sally replied.

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Peter pays a visit to Abi to see how she's feeling following her accident. As he knocks on the door, Abi stuffs a bottle of pain meds down the side of the sofa and insists she's taken nothing from the hospital.

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Peter arrives home and tells Carla that he's confiscated some prescription pain medication from Abi's, worried she's abusing it.

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A concerned Carla warns Peter not to get too involved helping Abi because it wasn't that long ago that she was in love with him.

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Peter agrees but later on lies to Carla about going to meet Abi. Abi confronts him about taking the bottle and Peter convinces her to attend a support meeting with him.

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Meanwhile, Kevin's sister Debbie arrives at the house, determined to make an effort with Abi but not trusting her motives.

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It's the evening of the meeting and with Kevin out at work, Debbie offers to cook a meal and Abi feels caught out, not wanting to be rude.

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Debbie warns Abi against mucking her brother around and Abi insists she never would, but when Abi darts off as soon as she's finished eating Debbie is suspicious.

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Elsewhere, with Nicky refusing to speak to him Daniel arranges a cam chat with Nicky's friend Cherry who he met through her.

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As they chat, Cherry's clearly got business on the mind as she launches into a sexy routine but is taken aback when Dan wants to talk about Bertie.

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As Dan prattles on, it's clear that Cherry is bored and he ends the call, determining he has to have Nicky back in his life .

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Daniel arrives at the Bistro where Nicky is meeting with clients and offers to pay double for her time, but Nicky is fuming that Dan has embarrassed her.

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Meanwhile, Alya breaks the news to Yasmeen that Elaine has gone missing and won't be able to give evidence, but Yasmeen is more worried about her friend.

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In the street, Alya confronts Geoff about Elaine's whereabouts but a cornered Geoff is giving nothing away.

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Witnessing the exchange, Faye suggests to Geoff it might be better to sell his half of Speed Dahl after all to cut ties with this terrible family.

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It's Gemma and Paul's 30th birthday and Paul calls round hoping she's changed her mind about celebrating together.

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But Gemma is still insistent she's too busy, leaving Paul more convinced than ever that she's depressed again. Paul heads out on a contemplative walk.

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Arriving back home, Paul is alerted to shouting from outside and looks out of his window to see Gemma holding up a cake and wishing him happy birthday!

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Paul heads over to number five and is thrilled that Gemma has thrown them a surprise birthday party, and even sourced a signed PJ & Duncan record.

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With the party in full swing, Billy is nowhere to be found as Sean's search for Todd is proving to be fruitless and the pair head to the police station.

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Sean and Billy report Todd as a missing person and Billy arrives late to the party, insisting he's not interested in Todd but needed to support his friend.

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With Todd officially registered as a missing person, Sean is glued to his phone as he trawls the database, much to Billy's dismay.

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When Sean reads that an unidentified man's body has been found down by the river he's distraught, convinced that it's Todd.

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Simon Gregson, who plays Steve McDonald, is one such colleague and the slight didn’t go unnoticed by his wife, Emma Gregory, who wrote, “Wow!!! Nothing like sticking together with work colleagues!”

In a further tweet which has now been deleted she said, “Grow a set of balls and tell ur cast members ur opinion.”

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Simon Roache and Chris Gascoyne also do it ©ITV

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With the soaps halting filming during the pandemic, many out of work actors turned to the video messaging sites to make ends meet, with Ken Roach, who plays Ken Barlow, and Chris Gascoyne, who plays his on-screen son Peter Barlow also signing up.

Filming on Corrie has now resumed with social distancing measures in place and plans to go back to go back to six episodes a week.

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