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Corrie newcomer mistakenly adopts seagull called Steven - now it won't leave her alone
Coronation Street newcomer Jodie Prenger has taken in a seagull as a lodger – and now it won’t leave her "nest".The animal lover, who plays larger-than-life Glenda, took pity on the bird thinking it was injured.Jodie, 43, said: “I was driving home recently and it was in the road, so I picked it up. It seems fine but it doesn’t want to go anywhere.“It’s getting well fed and enjoying being in the paddling pool with the ducks.“Me and my fella Simon have called him Steven Seagull!” READ MORE: Coronation Street’s Alan Halsall unrecognisable in one of his first ever TV appearances Jodie, who found fame on BBC talent show I’d Do Anything in 2008, said she loves being closer to home on the soap rather than touring with stage show because of her menagerie of pets.She explained: “I’ve got three rescue cows, three rescue ducks, about 17 chickens – mostly rescued – plus three dogs, three cats, and now I’ve got a seagull.“Me fella, Simon, likes me being at home and so do my animals.