Brooke Vincent fears ITV Coronation Street axe despite quitting the soap five years ago
Brooke Vincent played Sophie Webster on Coronation Street from 2004 until 2019 but says she fears her iconic character could yet be killed off and that she didn't 'want' to leave the show
Brooke Vincent says she lives in fear that her Coronation Street character will be killed off – even though she quit the soap five years ago.
The 31-year-old actress played Sophie Webster on the long-running ITV show for fifteen years from 2004 until 2019. Since leaving the show, Brooke and her 27-year-old footballer boyfriend Kean Bryan have welcomed two sons – with first son, Mexx arriving in October 2019 and second son Monroe arriving in May 2021.
The actress left Corrie in 2019 to begin maternity leave – and fans fully expected her to return. But instead, she has gone on to act in other shows and has also appeared in new reality show Drama Queens. She has hosted a radio show, and of course welcomed her second son. Now the actress has claimed she worries Corrie bosses could kill off her iconic character.
She has hinted that she would love to return to the show – but would be devastated to learn her character would be killed. Brooke – who effectively grew up on the set of the show – has described the cast and crew of the soap as being like her family.
She left the show to start a family – welcoming two sons since 2019 (
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The TV star shares her children with footballer boyfriend Kean Bryan (
Brooke Vincen/Instagram)
Opening up to Fabulous, Brooke shared her thoughts on returning to Corrie – and her fears her time on the show could end for good. She said: “Corrie was my home – it still is my home – and I feel like I’ve just gone off to university to do my little thing for a while! I never wanted to leave, because I panic about saying goodbye. It’s been a massive part of my life and the people that I worked with are like a family.”
She added: “So although I’m not [talking about] a comeback, I don’t want them to ring and say: ‘We’re killing you off!’ either. That would be devastating!”
Brooke previously told OK! magazine: “The hard thing about Corrie was that the hours aren’t a normal nine-to-five, or you couldn’t go part-time, or you couldn’t start after 10am. I didn’t want that to affect my time with my first baby. I thought while I was able to step away, I did, and I felt that was the best decision for me and my family at the time.”
She also said: “Corrie for me will always be home, but Corrie’s ongoing – it’s forever there. They don’t have an end date. So, for me, smaller projects will be doable because they have a start and an end date.”
However, there were rumours that she was expected to be brought back to the soap in 2022 for a major storyline – but this never came to fruition. A source previously told The Sun: “Everyone thought Brooke would be coming back to the soap but her contract ended two years ago and there are no talks about bringing her back on… Brooke has mentioned that she might do a bit of acting work towards the end of this year, but it won’t be on the cobbles.”
