Coronation Street star Alex Bain has thanked fans and his agent ahead of his exit from the ITV soap, after playing the role of Simon Barlow for 16 years.
The actor, who joined the show when he was just seven years old, took to Instagram to urge fans to keep watching to see how Simon’s storyline unfolds.
‘Make sure you’re keeping tuned in every week to see what develops,’ he wrote, alongside a clip from Sunday night’s (February 11) episode.
During the episode, things went drastically downhill for Simon when he got behind the wheel of a car drunk, and ended up crashing with young Sam Blakeman (Jude Riordan) in the backseat.