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<\/p>\nCORONATION Street star Lisa George has broken her silence on the future of her character Beth Tinker amid exit rumours.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lisa, 52, joined the ITV soap in 2011 but has been missing from screens in recent months.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The soap star sparked exit rumours after she expressed an interest in appearing in Call the Midwife during an interview with Women\u2019s Weekly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This, coupled with her extended absence from the series, led many to believe she had concluded her 12-year run on the soap.<\/p>\n
But, after months of speculation, the long-time Corrie star has finally explained her absence from the cobbles and confirmed that she\u2019s not going anywhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She revealed to the outlet that contract issues were part of the reason Beth has been missing from screens.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Additionally, Lisa chose to take some time off in August to go travelling, but contracted Coronavirus when she returned last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n Addressing the rumours at last week\u2019s Pride of Britain Awards, Lisa told the Mirror: \u201cIt\u2019s really weird, everyone was saying \u2018you\u2019re leaving, you\u2019re leaving.\u2019"<\/p>\n She explained: \u201cI was asked about my contract and I said I was waiting, and so they asked what I\u2019d like to do if I didn\u2019t get one and I said Call The Midwife. That\u2019s all I said. It was a passing comment, then the next thing, everyone is ringing me like, \u2018you\u2019re leaving, you\u2019re leaving.'<\/p>\n \u201cI was like no, \u2018what\u2019s all this? No, I don\u2019t know anything about it.\u2019 It\u2019s just weird. I don\u2019t even know how it happened from the passing comment.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n She also noted that her character Beth would never leave the cobbles without her partner Kirk Sutherland (played by Andrew Whyment).<\/p>\n Explaining her absence Lisa said: \u201cI haven\u2019t been in, I went travelling around Europe in August, I did four countries. It was brilliant. I had a wicked time. I went on my own and I had an amazing time.\u201d<\/p>\n When she returned, she got her new contract, but soon contracted Coronavirus, which had her out of action.\u00a0<\/p>\n A number of the crew were also struck down by the virus ahead of Super Soap Week, leading to many of her scenes getting cut and rewritten without her.<\/p>\n \u201cI was gutted as I really liked the scenes as well, it was Super Soap Week and there was a sudden rush of Covid and we were dropping like flies, and unfortunately I got it as well.\u201d<\/p>\n However, Lisa has now recovered and is ready to get back to work, admitting she has a lot to catch up on.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI wasn\u2019t in work after July and had Covid in September so suddenly I feel completely out of the loop because I have missed so much so I don\u2019t know what\u2019s coming up.\u201d<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/OP-OMF-CORRIE-THEORIES-TIM.jpg\")
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