{"id":404158,"date":"2026-02-02T17:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/404158\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T17:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:10:09","slug":"coronation-streets-sue-devaney-declares-love-for-co-star-as-fans-praise-off-screen-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/404158\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street&#8217;s Sue Devaney declares love for co-star as fans praise off-screen move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Debbie Webster star made a move away from the ITV soap which she wouldn&#8217;t normally do<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Coronation Street star Sue Devaney\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1_Coronation-Street.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Coronation Street star Sue Devaney\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Coronation Street star Sue Devaney(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/coronation-street\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Coronation Street<\/a> star Sue Devaney is said to have been sharing her love for one of her cobbles castmates as she made a move away from the long-running show which she wouldn&#8217;t normally do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The actress is much adored for playing hotel owner Debbie Webster in the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/itv\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">ITV<\/a> soap, a role Sue, who hails from Ashton-under-Lyne, first took on more than four decades ago when she was 16 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Debbie originally moved to Coronation Street as a fifteen-year-old in 1984, with Sue the only actress to have ever portrayed the character, first from 1984 to 1985, then in 2019 before a full-time return in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">But away from what&#8217;s happening on-screen with Debbie facing time behind bars after she took the blame for Carl Webster&#8217;s role in a recent horror crash which claimed the life of vicar Billy Mayhew, Sue has been seen opening up about her career and life beyond the famous cobbles in a new &#8216;Audience with&#8217; show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Sharing the news on Instagram last week, the soap star said: &#8220;I don\u2019t normally like to talk all things me, but Shakespeare North Playhouse have given me a Sunday afternoon to do just that! Oh go on then\u2026 If I must! Come and have a sit soft and a chit chat choo with me. It\u2019s at 2pm, and I promise you\u2019ll be home before nightfall.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0_JSR_MEN_081225_CoronationStreet_19.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Sue playing Debbie Webster in Corrie\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Sue playing Debbie Webster in Corrie(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The show then took place on Sunday (February 1) and those there have been sharing their thoughts &#8211; and outright praise &#8211; for Su on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">@clarej1967 said: &#8220;What a fabulous afternoon watching\/listening to Sue Devaney talking and singing. Just magical, could listen to her all day. Haven&#8217;t laughed so much in a long while. What an absolute queen of the stage&#8230; #Corrie.&#8221; @Laura_Liverbird commented: &#8220;What a wonderful time we\u2019ve had @ShakespeareNP at An Audience with the fabulous Sue Devaney. An afternoon filled with laughter, fab stories and some songs! #SueDevaney #Corrie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">@charityslimo commented: &#8220;Sue Devaney is the brightest star. I haven\u2019t laughed so hard in ages. Truly we are so lucky to have her. (Shes saying i love you to Michael Le Vell who she said was like her older brother irl, they are such a gorgeous family) #corrie.@_ComedyOfErrors added: &#8220;What a wonderful afternoon seeing \u2018our Sue\u2019. Sue Devaney it is such a pleasure to call you a friend, always so proud of you and everything you do! My fellow <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/rochdale\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Rochdale<\/a> lass.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Debbie Webster star made a move away from the ITV soap which she wouldn&#8217;t normally do Coronation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2525,96,347,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-404158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-coronation-street","tag-entertainment","tag-itv","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}