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Vanessa Hehir, who has played Esther Hargrave on Coronation Street<\/a> for the past couple of months has announced her character will no longer be on screen.<\/p>\n The news came after a dramatic instalment in the Hargraves\u2019 story after Mike (played by Tom Lorcan) kidnapped Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) when she discovered an unsavoury truth about him.<\/p>\n Esther, a genuine woman, just wanted Summer to carry their baby as she couldn\u2019t, but the moral teen couldn\u2019t go ahead with the pregnancy knowing what she did about Mike.<\/p> Following her last on-screen appearance, Hehir shared on Instagram<\/a>: \u201cAnd just like that the Corrie adventure is over. I\u2019ve truly had the most fun working with the best people and have made friends for life. It was worth the 30 years of auditioning since I was 11 to end up working with these phenomenal peeps.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat a crazy ride it\u2019s been. Love you guys, @harrietanneb @james.t.craven and @tomlorcan who Is definitely in my top 5 of TV husbands (Yey! High 5!).\u201d<\/p>\n Her Coronation Street cast<\/a> mates shared their love for Hehir, with recent exitee Jack James Ryan sharing: \u201cYou killed it! Short but so sweet! Big love xxxx.\u201d<\/p>\n Aaron star James Craven added: \u201cAren\u2019t we the luckiest! Xxx.\u201d<\/p>\n Bibby commented: \u201cAbsolutely LOVED every minute xxxx.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Visit our dedicated\u00a0<\/strong>Coronation<\/strong>\u00a0Street<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0page\u00a0<\/strong>for all the latest news, interviews and spoilers. If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our\u00a0<\/strong>TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n By Helen Daly Published: Sunday, 22 January 2023 at 12:00 am Vanessa Hehir, who has played Esther Hargrave on Coronation Street for the past couple of months has announced her character will no longer be on screen. The news came after a dramatic instalment in the Hargraves\u2019 story after Mike (played by Tom Lorcan) kidnapped […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":28987,"template":"","categories":[1,2,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/coronation-street-star-confirms-departure-from-soap-with-sweet-tribute-scaled.jpg",2560,1551,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/coronation-street-star-confirms-departure-from-soap-with-sweet-tribute-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/coronation-street-star-confirms-departure-from-soap-with-sweet-tribute-300x182.jpg",300,182,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/coronation-street-star-confirms-departure-from-soap-with-sweet-tribute-768x465.jpg",768,465,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/coronation-street-star-confirms-departure-from-soap-with-sweet-tribute-1024x620.jpg",800,484,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/coronation-street-star-confirms-departure-from-soap-with-sweet-tribute-1536x931.jpg",1536,931,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/coronation-street-star-confirms-departure-from-soap-with-sweet-tribute-2048x1241.jpg",2048,1241,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Helen Daly Published: Sunday, 22 January 2023 at 12:00 am Vanessa Hehir, who has played Esther Hargrave on Coronation Street for the past couple of months has announced her character will no longer be on screen. The news came after a dramatic instalment in the Hargraves\u2019 story after Mike (played by Tom Lorcan) kidnapped…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/28986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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