Coronation Street’s Helen Worth shares a heartwarming goodbye message after dramatic exit from soap after 50 years

Helen Value shared a heartwarming goodbye message after her dramatic exit from Coronation Road on Christmas Day. 

The cleaning soap star, 73, took to X to ship a video to followers thanking them for following her all through her time on the ITV present. 

Helen performed Gail Platt for half a century and through her time on the present she has been married 5 occasions, together with Brian Tilsey (Christopher Quinten), who was tragically stabbed to demise, and Martin Platt (Sean Wilson), one of many cleaning soap’s long-serving characters.

Helen has been on the centre of an array of explosive storylines, together with her daughter Sarah’s teenage being pregnant, and the demise of her fourth debt-ridden husband Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale) throughout a failed life insurance coverage scheme.

One in every of Gail’s most iconic moments got here in a 2003 episode when she discovered her husband Richard Hillman (Brian Capron) was a serial killer.

However Helen’s closing scenes had been proven on Wednesday in an emotional second that noticed her begin ‘day certainly one of her new life’ with husband Jesse Chadwick (John Thompson) overseas.

Helen performed Gail Platt for half a century and through her time on the present she has been married 5 occasions however she lastly walked down the aisle with Jesse (pictured)

And following the emotional episode, Helen took to X to thank followers and promised extra Platt household storylines to return

And following the emotional episode, Helen took to X to thank followers and promised extra Platt household storylines to return. 

Wearing a sensible blue blazer over a brilliant pink turtle neck and sat in her iconic front room, Helen mentioned it had been a pleasure to work on the cleaning soap and be a part of the Platt household for therefore lengthy. 

She mentioned: ‘Whats up all of you. It is fantastic to have this chance to say ta ta.

‘It has been a wonderful 50 years and I simply wished to thank all of you a few of you who might have been looking ahead to 50 – is there anyone?

‘And people of you who’ve been looking ahead to a number of years thanks.

‘Thanks for approaching the journey with me. I’ve had a beautiful time.

‘I’ve beloved it, all of the tales and naturally it has been fantastic working with the fantastic Platts which for me is what it is all about and there will be extra Platt tales and I hope you will be watching.

‘A lot of love and thanks from me.’

Helen’s closing episode was as action-packed as her 50 years on the cleaning soap had been and the Christmas day storyline noticed an engagement, a being pregnant, an arrest, a number of fights and lots tears.

With the episode setting the scene for an emotional Christmas episode, Gail was sinisterly serenaded by the ghost of her previous murderous accomplice, Richard Hillman (Brian Capron).

The legendary actress Helen Value has formally bid farewell to the cobbles of Weatherfield after enjoying the function of Gail for 50 years

Gail appeared beloved up as she gave her husband a kiss at their wedding ceremony ceremony

Being haunted by the infamous villain, which resulted in an argument about her previous, Gail was left distressed on Christmas morning as she wakened shouting that she was ‘not that lady anymore’.

Claiming she had an epiphany, Gail ran out to her accomplice Jesse and confessed that she wanted a groom and that the marriage was again on.

He romantically requested her if she was out there for 2pm as they confirmed that their huge day was again.

Gail’s mom, Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls), tried a last-minute olive department and knocked on Gail’s door, to which her granddaughter Tina shot down her festive spirits and mentioned she was not welcome.

Regardless of this, she nonetheless turned up on the venue earlier than the large celebration to ‘want her good luck’, to which Gail expressed her devastation that she didn’t assist her choice to go overseas and begin a brand new life.

With their relationship held collectively by a string, Audrey was given a second likelihood to face up to the check of time for his or her household bond.

However there was quickly extra drama as Nick’s (Ben Value) estranged spouse, Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson), introduced the police to the marriage as she accused him and his accomplice Toyah (Georgia Taylor), who can be her sister, of fraud.

Advised he was going to the station, Nick appeared to Leanne in disgust as he was pressured out of his mom’s huge day.

Whereas it was speculated that the festive episode would see her demise after affected by a collection of coronary heart issues, Gail exited the long-lasting present by transferring away to Jesse’s villa overseas

Whereas the hour didn’t see her demise, the Christmas day storyline noticed an engagement, a being pregnant, an arrest, a number of fights and lots tears

David provides a little bit of drama to Gail’s huge day 

On the station, Nick was accused of spending almost £400 on lingerie and an array of costly candles and luxuries and was knowledgeable that they had been all paid for by TLH Holdings.

Claiming he and Toyah knew nothing concerning the account, he continued to plead his innocence and begged to be let go to see his mum get married.

Launched again in time to catch the vows Jesse proclaimed to Gail that ‘she makes him the happiest man on the planet,’ Nick appeared relieved as he will get his Christmas want.

Dubbing it the ‘first day of their new life’, Gail appeared elated as she promised Jesse ‘she’s going to love him till the day she dies’

However quickly sufficient, Leanne gatecrashed the occasion and accused Toyah of at all times being the one for him and saying, ‘she was simply preserving the mattress heat’.

Refusing to depart her personal restaurant and exchanging some digs about their intercourse life and Leanne’s son, the begrudged ex pushed Toyah and mentioned she would ‘knock her enamel out.’

However after Leanne accused her of locking her son in a automobile and driving right into a wall, Toyah punched Leanne within the face, beginning a battle between the 2, which noticed a police man, Craig Tinker (Colson Smith), get assaulted and the marriage decorations get trashed.

Craig marched the 2 ladies to the station to be charged with assaulting a police officer, and the celebration acquired underway for the speeches and Platt’s residence video, which was gifted to her by her kids.

Gail has now had seven weddings over her time on the Cobbles 

With the episode setting the scene for an emotional Christmas episode, Gail was being sinisterly serenaded by the ghost of her previous murderous accomplice, Richard Hillman (Brian Capron)

Being haunted by the infamous villain, which resulted in an argument about her previous, Gail was left distressed on Christmas morning as she wakened shouting that she was ‘not that lady anymore’

After the marriage got here to an finish, Gail was left sitting on her personal, crying over all of the heartfelt feedback earlier than she was whisked away in a elaborate wedding ceremony automobile.

Whereas youngest son, David (Thomas Ormson), ought to have been on the ceremony celebrating his mom, he was feeling the devastation of shedding his spouse and stepped out to knock again a few whiskeys and accused Adam Barlow (Sam Rovertson) of sleeping along with his spouse, Shona (Julia Goulding).

Sad with the purpose of the dialog, Adam aggressively pushed David out onto the roof whereas serving him the laborious fact that he ‘could not make Shona pleased’.

However in a fast heat-of-the-moment response, David pushed him down the steps, inflicting Adam to fall and hit his head on the cobbles – leaving him trying lifeless.

As an ambulance arrived, Adam slowly regained consciousness, leaving David and Shona to argue it out on the street.

David revealed he heard what Debbie mentioned and accused her affair of taking place when she was within the resort that evening.

Giving in to the guilt, Shona admitted her betrayal: ‘Alright I did sleep with somebody however it wasn’t Adam, I swear on Lily’s life’.

Devastated, the pair took the argument into the home, the place she revealed she was ashamed however thought the wedding is lifeless and does not know what to do with it.

David and Adam acquired into an argument after Gail’s huge day

The conflict ended up with Adam on the ground coated in blood

However their argument was interrupted as bride Gail got here residence to test on her youngest son and tearfully instructed him that he wanted to be form and that whereas ‘he has a giant mouth, he has a delicate soul.’

And that ‘huge mouth’ he put to make use of quickly after he used his greatest man speech to take a swipe at his spouse.

He instructed the room that whereas Gail was a girl of optimism and provides everybody a second likelihood, he doesn’t.

Bringing a tear to everybody’s eye, David went by means of essentially the most heartfelt facets of his mum and the way the road won’t ever be the identical with out her.

And extra drama was set for David when Adam’s CT scan got here again clear, he instructed Tina that he wished to go to the police and press fees.

In the meantime, Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) was confronted with Gail’s granddaughter, Bethany Platt (Lucy Fallon), who was making an attempt to name off their relationship and accused him of now not loving her.

Daisy Midgeley (Charlotte Jordan), who he lately slept with following one other certainly one of their arguments, was hiding across the nook.

However as Daniel pulled out a diamond wedding ceremony ring, which Bethany tearfully accepted, Daisy appeared devastated and quietly walked away regardless of her transferring on with Package Inexperienced.

Later within the episode, Daisy was seen holding a constructive being pregnant check.

All through the episode, Gail additionally instructed every of her children that they had been ‘at all times her favorite’