Coronation Street fans stunned by 'extreme' change with the Platts as star 'replaced'

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Coronation Street fans were left distracted as they didn't expect to see an 'extreme' change within the Platt clan ahead of matriarch Gail's exit this Christmas.

As viewers of the ITV soap know, actress Helen Worth announced her decision to bow out of her long-running role after 50 years over the summer.

She has since filmed her exit scenes as Gail with them set to be aired in the iconic Christmas Day episode on December 25. During Monday night's (December 9) trip to Weatherfield, Corrie fans saw Gail starting her plans to leave the street she's called home for five decades as she also decided to fast-track her wedding plans to Jesse Chadwick. READ MORE: Coronation Street's Hope Stape star says 'I love you very much' as soap update supported READ MORE: Read more of our Coronation Street stories here In the scenes, Gail observed her neighbours from a distance and as she stood outside her home, No.8 Coronation Street, which was already put up for sale earlier in the year, and decaided to agree to Jesse's plans to use the money from her house and his divorce to move to France.

She said: "Life goes on and I think I'm ready now to take that step," before instructing him to put an offer on a villa. Then, during Wednesday's (December 11) Corrie, she called a Platt family meeting to break the news to her mother and her children.