Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield are heading to the cobbles of Weatherfield!
The This Morning presenting duo are set to guest star in an episode of the ITV soap as part of Rosie Webster’s exit story.
Helen Flanagan, who plays Rosie, is heading off on maternity leave and Corrie boss Kate Oates revealed Holly and Phil will be bringing “a bit of fun” to Rosie’s exit scenes.
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“Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby are coming in for a bit of fun and part of Helen Flanagan’s exit story,” Kate told the Metro.
“We’re kind of replaying a bit of a trick we have used before because Rosie has already been on shows but it will be great comedy.”
Kate revealed Phil and Holly will play themselves in the scenes.
“I had a couple of hopes where I thought I could get them to slightly play against type!” she explained. “They’re such good sports – I am very happy.
“That’s the benefit of being in a big production company like ITV – I know Emma Gormley who runs daytime.
“She’s an amazing, successful person and a good friend of mine so I was able to give her a ring and she said: ‘Yeah, that sounds fun!'”
Helen is expecting her second child with partner Scott Sinclair.
The actress recently told Loose Women that her exit scenes will be “hilarious.”
“I’m going out in very much a Rosie style – the storyline is hilarious,” she explained. “But I have enjoyed that about my character, doing comedy has been great.”
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She added that she’s sure the crew will be happy to see the back of her baby bump since it often disrupted filming.
“The crew will say ‘oh sorry, we have got to go again because we can see too much of the baby bump’ but there is only so much you can do to hide it! They do a good job,” she quipped.
But don’t worry, Rosie will be coming back!
Helen, 27, said she hopes to return to Corrie but for now she’s looking forward to being a mum to her two-year-old daughter Matilda and her little one on the way.