Coronation Street fans divided on Gail's goodbye as Helen Worth breaks silence on exit
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Coronation Street has officially said goodbye to Gail Platt/Rodwell after 50 years - and ITV viewers are divided. Helen Worth exited the soap in an emotional Christmas Day episode that saw Gail finally get her happy ending, as she married Jesse Chadwick (John Thomson) and said goodbye to her family and friends.
After she had a nightmare in which her late serial killer ex-husband Richard Hillman tried to stop her marrying Jesse, Gail decided she wanted nothing more than to be Mrs Chadwick and to swap Weatherfield for a new life in France. But Gail's happily ever after left a few viewers wanting another chapter. "@itvcorrie pretty poor show today," one soap fan fumed on Twitter (X) today. "Felt like Gail was a background character in her own exit storyline. Pairing her off with that a gormless extra she shared no chemistry with was a disgrace to a character of 50 years #corrie.".
"They’ve messed up this Gail exit storyline so bad…Helen Worth is “worth” so much more after 50 years… #corrie @itvcorrie," another raged, with a third adding: "Watching Gail’s last episode of Corrie and it was a joke minus Richard Hillmans cameo. It was the equivalent of leaving a Job and them not bothering getting you a gift. Surely it needs revamped? #Coronationstreet #Corrie.".
However, some looked Gail's farewell and felt it was a fitting end for the much-loved soap legend. "A brilliant Christmas episode of #Corrie tonight," one penned. "A really good mix of comedy, Drama Catfight and emotion. Goodbye Gail and a huge congratulations to Helen Worth on 50 years of Coronation Street.".
