{"id":404657,"date":"2026-04-18T06:08:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/404657\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T06:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:08:20","slug":"coronation-streets-sair-khan-explains-social-media-silence-as-cast-react","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/404657\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street’s Sair Khan explains social media silence as cast react"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coronation Street’s Sair Khan has addressed her social media absence, with her fellow castmates sharing their reactions in her comments. In May 2024, Khan, who has played Alya Nazir on the ITV soap since 2014, announced the arrival of her son<\/a> with partner Nathan Chilton.<\/p>\n

Writing on social media at the time, she said: “He\u2019s here! … Our little boy is just marvellous. Very serious and curious about the world. He\u2019s super strong and so resilient for joining me on the absolute rollercoaster that was our 22 hours of labour.”<\/p>\n

However, motherhood has since taken centre stage in Khan’s life, as on 15 April, she took to her Instagram<\/a> page to address her social media absence, with her last post from November 2025, when she attended the ITV Palooza. <\/p>\n

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“When you blink and realise you\u2019ve been deep in Mum mode and haven\u2019t posted anything since NOVEMBER\u2026 hi,” she wrote on a post featuring images of herself, Nathan, and their little boy.<\/p>\n

Among the other supportive messages were a few from her Corrie co-stars, including Tina O’Brien, who plays Sarah Platt, who wrote: “Hi, Sair there she is! absolute stunner and all round incredible woman.”<\/p>\n

Sally Carman-Duttine, who plays Abi Webster, commented: “Hi there beautiful!” Meanwhile, Vicky Myers, known for her role as DS Lisa Swain, simply said: “Gorgeous.”<\/p>\n

Sair and Nathan first announced they were expecting their first child<\/a> in December 2023, posting at the time: “We\u2019re so excited for the arrival of Baby Chilton in spring 2024.”<\/p>\n

A month after her “raw and primal” birth experience<\/a>, Sair detailed on Instagram how she found the early days of motherhood to be “tough”, as she continued: “The last few weeks have been tough but beautiful.<\/p>\n

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“Navigating the ups and downs of the postnatal period with each day and night rolling into the next and countless challenges with latching and feeding. We\u2019ve been to sort little man\u2019s tongue tie this morning, so hopefully it\u2019ll be the beginning of more settled times!”<\/p>\n

She concluded her post by saying: “I thought I\u2019d be back to regular life straight after birth but the reality has been very different, so just taking it step by step and trying not to feel guilty!”<\/p>\n

For exclusive soap star interviews, gossip, spoilers and theories every week, don’t miss the Soap Scoop podcast<\/a> from Inside Soap magazine. The latest episode<\/a> delves into next week\u2019s soap spoilers for EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale – as Carla and Lisa get married and Charity goes into labour.<\/p>\n