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Katherine Kelly has explained why her decision to quit Coronation Street was announced so early.
The actress revealed that she will be leaving her role as Becky McDonald last month. However, she will remain in the ITV1 soap until early next year.
Speaking on ITV's This Morning, Kelly admitted that the decision was made to release the news prior to the British Soap Awards because she had been forced to avoid the press at a recent event.
"I don't like lying, which is ridiculous because I do it for a living pretending to be someone else, but I didn't want to lie to you guys in the press and everything," she said. "Because I had seen Phil Collinson by that point in time and we'd had a discussion about it.
"He was still [saying], 'Well we'll go away and have another think', but we were already in talks so we decided to release the information for the Soap Awards, so at least I can talk about it!"
However, Kelly - who will finish filming on December 18 - confessed that while she didn't like having to spoil the outcome of storylines by confirming her departure, the door will be left open for a possible return.
"That was the first thing I said," she recalled. "'I think I'm ready to go Phil but please don't kill me off!'. I'd hate to see the end of Becky. I really would. I've watched Corrie all my life and I'm a viewer as much as anyone, I'd just hate that."
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Becky's one of my favourite characters :( i don't want her to leave.
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Coronation Street's Steve McDonald will file for divorce from wife Becky in a forthcoming storyline twist, a report has claimed.
According to the Daily Star, the final straw for the pair's marriage comes when Becky uses alcohol to ease her pain yet again, before drunkenly cheating on Steve with 'Noodle', one of her unsavoury old acquaintances.
Becky's latest meltdown is thought to occur after social services investigate her 'purchase' of nephew Max and take the youngster into care.
After stealing Steve's credit card and spending time drowning her sorrows away from the cobbles, Becky reportedly returns to the street and tells her husband: "I had a different bloke every night and Noodle was twice the man you'll ever be."
Discussing Steve's decision to seek a divorce, a Weatherfield insider told the newspaper: "Steve just can't handle it any more. Becky's behaviour has pushed him over the edge."
Katherine Kelly, who plays Becky, will be leaving Coronation Street at the end of the year, but show bosses have promised that she will stay at the centre of dramatic storylines for the remainder of her time on the street.
Katherine Kelly has admitted that her Coronation Street exit will inevitably spell the end of her alter ego Becky McDonald's relationship with husband Steve.
Speaking to TV Times, the actress, who will bow out of the Weatherfield soap later this year after five years on the cobbles, said that it was a sad thing to accept that Steve, played by Simon Gregson, is bound to be left behind when Becky departs.
"I watch Corrie, too, and I am sad because it means that Becky and Steve will break up. They have to, there's no other option," Kelly said.
"I know I have only myself to blame because I'm leaving. People keep asking me why and it's a bit boring really. I'm in my fifth year at Corrie and I feel ready for a change, that's all."
Commenting on the upcoming drama, Kelly revealed that Becky's world will begin to unravel but she "doesn't sense the danger ahead".
Earlier today, it was reported that Steve is to file for divorce from wife Becky in the build-up to Kelly's dramatic departure.
Meanwhile, it has been announced that Kelly is up for 'Best Soap Actress' at this year's TV Choice Awards.
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Coronation Street star Paula Lane has revealed that the soap's bosses have not yet reached a firm decision over how her on-screen sister Katherine Kelly will depart the cobbles.
As announced last month, Kelly's character Becky McDonald will be leaving Weatherfield in early 2012 as the actress has decided to bow out from the role.
Speaking to the Daily Star Sunday, Lane explained that there are currently a number of possible storylines on the table as the soap's team make plans for Becky's exit.
She said: "No-one knows how Becky is going to leave the street and that is how they want to leave it for her. They've come up with six different endings for her at the minute and they can't make up their minds which one to go for.
"That's how secret they are going to keep it. But I don't think they'd ever kill off a character like Becky. All I know is I'm going to miss Kate so much. She's been an amazing friend."
Asked whether her own character Kylie Turner could fill the void left behind by Becky, Lane commented: "I would never even try and follow in somebody else's footsteps. I really feel and hope the viewers feel that I've created something that is quite different."
Becky will be one of the characters to take centre stage in a dramatic week for Coronation Street which begins on Sunday.
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Becky McDonald will leave Coronation Street after husband Steve gets Tracy Barlow pregnant, it has been reported.
Actress Katherine Kelly, who plays Becky, revealed earlier this year that she is leaving the ITV1 soap after five years.
Rival Tracy will allegedly miscarry her unborn child before provoking Becky into attacking her. Steve (Simon Gregson) wrongly blames Becky for Tracy's miscarriage and states that he wants her out of his life for good, adding that he'll never forgive her.
"We are all sad to see Kate leave as she has been one of the biggest and most talented stars," an insider told the News of the World.
"But we understand her decision - and Phil feels delighted to give her a typically feisty exit storyline."
The storyline begins when Steve breaks up with Becky and gets with Tracy, the mother of his daughter Amy. Tracy (Kate Ford) hatches a plot to blame Becky for her miscarriage after discovering that she had a one-night stand with Steve.
Kelly's final scenes will be aired in December. The door will be left open for her return.
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I was hoping Becky would kill Tracey before she left - Steve is an even bigger idiot for getting with her again
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Coronation Street star Katherine Kelly has revealed that she enjoyed the challenge of her character's latest rampage scenes.
Last week, viewers saw a crazed Becky McDonald smash up Tracy Barlow's living room with a sledgehammer, wrongly believing that her arch-nemesis had reported her to social services for buying nephew Max.
Discussing the shock scenes, Kelly told Scotland's Sunday Mail newspaper: "My brothers laugh their heads off when they see me like that. I am tough in my mind, very strong-willed, but when it comes to physicality, I'm a bit pathetic.
"My shopping bag bangs into my shin and it bruises. So it takes a lot for me, and it always has done, to make Becky look like a street fighter. I do find those scenes full on."
She continued: "There was Ken and Deirdre Barlow, Tracy and Steve. I thought to myself, 'I've got four Coronation Street icons in this room - and they have given me a sledgehammer'. You can have all the health and safety you want but I thought, 'I better not mess this up and bash somebody!'
"It took us six hours to shoot that scene. I did swear a few times after those takes but what a thrill. I do love all that. The further removed from me, Katherine Kelly, the more of a buzz it gives me."
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Coronation Street actress Katherine Kelly has insisted that her character Becky McDonald is "different" to her on-screen half-sister Kylie (Paula Lane).
Kelly is due to leave Coronation Street by the end of 2011, while Lane joined production in August last year as Kylie Turner.
The actress explained that Lane portrays a different kind of character than her own, and went on to praise her abilities.
Kelly said: "I don't really like it that people put us in the same vein as she is a great actress in her own right.
"She is a half-sister and she is a very different character and Paula will be in the show as long as she wants to be.
"I am incredibly proud of her and I feel protective of her. She is not much older than my sister in real life and I am proud of everything she has done. She will just go from strength to strength."
Kelly recently described her character's rampage scenes in the soap as "a thrill".
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Coronation Street hellraiser Becky McDonald has been tipped to sleep with businessman Nick Tilsley in a forthcoming storyline twist.
The fiery blonde, played by departing actress Katherine Kelly, jumps into bed with Nick (Ben Price) in the coming weeks after failing to reunite with husband Steve, according to the Daily Star.
It is thought that Becky only goes ahead with the fling in a bid to make Steve (Simon Gregson) jealous following their recent problems.
However, the plan is expected to backfire badly when it pushes Steve back into the arms of his scheming ex Tracy Barlow, who has been pursuing him for months.
Rumours suggest that Tracy will fall pregnant after she and Steve have a one-night stand of their own, sparking a chain of events which lead to Becky's exit from Weatherfield.
Coronation Street viewers will see Becky return to The Rovers in next week's episodes, hoping to get her marriage back on track. However, she is soon left disappointed when Steve announces that he wants a divorce.
The latest love twist rumours remain unconfirmed but show bosses announced in April that Becky will leave the cobbles in early 2012.
Nick was also recently tipped for a romance with newcomer Eva Price as part of a 'Summer of Love' for Coronation Street.
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^ FFS the writers seem to want to really ruin the character of Becky because Kat is leaving
