Coronation Street fans are convinced a major star is returning to the ITV soap after a cryptic social media post.
Fans have taken to Twitter/X to share their theories that Michelle Connor may be set to return to the cobbles, after actress Kym Marsh teased her next project on Instagram.
Michelle was last seen taking a taxi out of Weatherfield in 2019, after a dramatic 13 year tenure.
After her arrival on the street in 2006, Michelle was part of some big storylines, including the discovery that her son had been swapped at birth, the deaths of both of her brothers, a stalking ordeal, and a shooting.
Perhaps her most moving storyline saw her tragically lose son Ruairi after going into early labour.
Ahead of her exit, Michelle was involved in a dramatic love triangle that saw her discover that fiancé Robert Preston was leading a double life, having got Vicky Jefferies pregnant.
Following the discovery, Michelle and Vicky teamed up to get revenge on Robert by framing him for Vicky’s murder.
However, they scrapped their plan when Vicky went into labour while in hiding, with Michelle forced to deliver the baby.
Following Robert’s death a few days later, Michelle moved back to Ireland, where she has been ever since.
Now though, fans are wondering if she may be set to come home to Coronation Street.
Taking to Instagram, Kym recently revealed that she needed to take a holiday after seven weeks of performing in Abigail’s Party at the Royal Exchange in Manchester.
She went on to tease that her next adventure was set to begin, alongside eight smiley face emojis.
Fans instantly jumped on the post, taking to Twitter/X to share their hopes for a Michelle Connor return.
‘Michelle Connor return looms,’ one fan wrote, while another said, ‘michelle connor is coming home’.
‘8 emojis in kym’s story – 8 letters in “michelle” so basically michelle connor is coming back to corrie iktr,’ a third theorised.
‘Timeline being filled with “Kym Marsh return?” I need it like i need air,’ another wrote, alongside a picture of Michelle with best friend Carla Connor (Alison King) at her ill-fated wedding to Nick Tilsley (Ben Price).
Corrie fans previously picked up on a potential hint that Kym was returning to the cobbles, when make-up artist Gillian Walsh revealed that she’d had a special guest in her chair.
The picture was posted just after it was announced that Kym had left Waterloo Road, which led fans to speculate that she may have been the special guest.
Kym has previously said that she wouldn’t rule out a return to the cobbles.
‘I’d never say never to going back as I absolutely adore Coronation Street and I had some of my best years there,’ she told The Sun.
‘I learned so much on that show and I made so many friends.
