Kym Marsh has been forced to drop out from her new BBC One chat show Morning Live as she is due to have an operation for a hernia she has been suffering from.
The mum-of-four has been in secret agony and so did not want to decline the offer when she finally got a time slot for her operation.
This means she will miss the first week of the programme's new series, which she was due to host alongside Gethin Jones on Monday.
Instead, someone will have to stand in for the star, but the BBC has not yet confirmed who it will be. Corrie star Kym, who played Michelle Connor for 13 years, will be starring on the show as soon as she has recovered from the surgery.
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