{"id":773881,"date":"2026-09-17T18:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/773881\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T18:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:44:12","slug":"coronation-streets-junade-khan-shares-real-life-friendship-with-on-screen-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/773881\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street’s Junade Khan shares real-life friendship with on-screen rival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coronation Street characters Idris Nazir and Adam Barlow may be on-screen rivals due to their alpha male personas, but in real life their respective actors Junade Khan and Sam Robertson are good friends.<\/p>\n

On his Instagram<\/a>, Junade shared a series of photos of himself with Sam watching Manchester United play against Brighton & Hove Albion at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

While the pair looked like they were having a great time in the photos, Junade’s caption said that the mood was less upbeat by the end of the match.<\/p>\n

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“From 2-0 cruising to 2-3 bruising”, he wrote, referring to how Manchester United threw away a two-goal lead to lose the match.<\/p>\n

In the first 10 minutes, Shea Lacey and Mason Mount both scored for Man U, but the Seagulls scored just before half-time and then netted twice in the space of a few minutes in the second half to secure a comeback win.<\/p>\n

“Same old same old,” wrote one fan in the comments, while another called the outcome “predictable”.<\/p>\n

The game, which was played as part of the Carabao Cup, was broadcast on ITV1 last night and ironically meant that Corrie wasn’t shown.<\/p>\n

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In other Corrie cast member news, Maria Connor actor Samia Longchambon revealed that<\/a> she actually considered leaving the ITV soap due to the online trolling she was receiving.<\/p>\n

“I’ve read comments… when people say, ‘Oh, just don’t read them’, but it’s like picking a scab \u2013 you know you shouldn’t do it, but you just can’t help it”, she said on Loose Women this week.<\/p>\n

“And I’ve read it and it’s just crushed me to the point where I am like, ‘Well, I should just quit my job’ or ‘I should just not have my husband ’cause, clearly, I’m punching’.”<\/p>\n

Coronation Street airs on weeknights at 8.30pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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