Coronation Street Gail star Helen Worth's heartbreak as husband's affair left her 'drowning'
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Actress Helen Worth - aka Coronation Street's one and only Gail Platt - will be leaving Coronation Street this Christmas Day after more than 50 years worth of drama, family strife and, of course, plenty of disastrous marriages. And away from Weatherfield, Helen, 73, has also found herself unlucky in love on occasion, with her first husband's affair leaving her feeling as though she was "drowning".
Helen's most famous character is, of course, set to wed for a seventh time this festive season, this time to former child entertainer Jesse Chadwick (John Thomson). However, with her family harbouring some serious doubts about her latest romance, it's unlikely we're in for a harmonious wedding reception.
For Helen, much like Gail herself, heartache is sadly no stranger. She had once believed she'd be with her ex-husband Michael Angelis for the rest of their lives, only for his shock secret affair to explode all that she'd hoped for... In 1991, Morecambe-born Helen married her long-term love, Michael Angelis, best known as the former narrator of the classic children's TV series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. The couple had been smitten since the mid-70s and were all smiles on their wedding day, but sadly, their marital bliss was short-lived.
Just four years after the confetti was thrown, Michael admitted he'd had an affair, feeling he had no choice but to be honest after learning a newspaper would be running a story about his infidelity. Opening up about this dark time during a 2001 interview with the Mirror, Helen admitted: "Nothing can ever prepare you for the day your husband sits you down and tells you he is having an affair.
