Coronation Street newcomer Lou Michaelis will leave the soap this summer after a “major storyline”.
Played by Farrel Hegarty, Lou is set to exit the soap in the summer alongside her on-screen husband Mick Michaelis, who is played by Joe Layton.
Layton’s departure was announced last week, with the actor reportedly set to film his final scenes for the soap next month.
According to The Sun, Hegarty will exit the ITV soap with Layton as part of a pre-planned storyline as per their contract.
𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆 & 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆: C𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬.𝙞𝒏𝙛𝒐
A Coronation Street spokesperson confirmed the joint exits, saying: “Mick and Lou were brought into the show to cause chaos on the cobbles in the build up to a major storyline in the summer and they are already making their presence felt.
“Joe and Farrel were contracted for a specific length of time, some characters come in for a long time and some like Mick and Lou are brought to pass through and leave a trail of destruction behind them.
“Both actors are still filming with the show and will be on screen until the summer.”
The couple, who were billed as “nightmare neighbours”, first arrived on the cobbles back in February where Lou befriended Gemma Winter-Brown.
𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆 & 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆: C𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬.𝙞𝒏𝙛𝒐
Previously speaking about being cast as Lou, Hegarty said “I’m delighted and so grateful to be joining the cast of Coronation Street. I have genuinely been blown away by how ridiculously warm and nice everyone is.
“Lou is definitely an exciting character to play because she’s got good and bad parts to her, she’s a life force and full of beans. She’s a very colourful person who likes to make waves and try to cause chaos.
“But she also has that strong family loyalty, especially between Mick and Lou. They are thick as thieves and will stick up for each other, even when they probably shouldn’t.”
Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
