Claire Sweeney breaks silence on mass cast axing on Coronation Street – and reveals her future on ITV soap
CLAIRE Sweeney has broken her silence on the mass cast axing on Coronation Street - while revealing her future on the ITV soap.
She has portrayed Cassie Plummer - the biological mother to Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) - since 2023.
Claire addressed her Corrie future while speaking to The Sun Online and other members of the press at the TV Choice Awards.
She said: "I'm doing good and I'm happy and I'm working.
"I'm in Coronation Street for this year and I'm very happy."
When asked about the recent changes, Claire answered: "Yeah, everyone is happy there!"
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Before stepping onto the Cobbles, she played Lindsey Corkhill on Channel 4 soap Brookside for 12 years.
The Liverpool-set soap opera launched in 1982 and concluded in 2003.
Asked if she would be up for rejoining Brookside should it return, Claire revealed her loyalty lies with Coronation Street.
The actress reiterated: "I'm in Corrie and I'm very happy at Corrie."
Multiple long-serving cast members have announced their exits from the ITV soap in recent months.
Departing names include Sue Cleaver, Charlotte Jordan, Sue Devaney and Shelley King.
Colson Smith and Paddy Bever will also leave their respective roles as Craig Tinker and Max Turner.
This comes after Helen Worth made her highly-anticipated exit from the show after 50 years in the role of Gail Platt.
In addition, numbers of production staff are also expected to be laid off.
It was revealed last week that ITV had slashed its soap schedule - affecting both Coronation Street and Emmerdale.
Corrie airs six episodes per week, spread across Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, with two episodes each night.
The soap will be switching up its scheduling to air five nights a week for 30 minutes from January 2026.
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This will see the beloved programme lose the equivalent of one episode a week.
Coronation Street continues on ITV1 and ITVX.
Corrie cash crisis: shock exits for 2025
ITV bosses are locked in a battle to save the cash-strapped soap.
This means that a number of stars have either been axed from or have abandoned the long-running serial drama.
Colson Smith - Craig Tinker
The character of Craig Tinker has been axed by bosses after 14 years. After he was told of the news in Autumn 2024, Colson Smith confirmed that would be written out of the show with scenes to air later this year. Craig's on-screen mum, Beth Tinker, also left the show in the summer when actress Lisa George was written out from the role.
Sue Cleaver - Eileen Grimshaw
After 25 years playing Eileen Grimshaw, former I'm A Celebrity campmate Sue Cleaver will quit the show. The Sun on Sunday reported in January that she's already begun to film her exit scenes. However the character will not be killed off in case Sue opts to make a return in the future.
Luca Toolan - Mason Radcliffe
Bosses decided to axe the teenage character after just 16 months after he first joined the show. Recent scenes saw Mason stabbed by his criminal brothers after his pal Dylan brought a knife in an attempt to defend him.
Sue Devaney - Debbie Webster
In November 2024, we revealed that Debbie Webster is set to be killed off after 40 years on the cobbles. The character will die as part of a heartbreaking long-running dementia storyline.
Charlotte Jordan - Daisy Midgeley
The actress became the fifth star to leave Coronation Street in just one month. We revealed that she will bow out of the ITV soap later this year after four years on-screen. Charlotte told sources that she's hungry to see what other opportunities await.
Shelley King - Yasmeen Metcalfe
The actress has played Yasmeen Metcalfe on the cobbles for the past 11 years and we revealed in January that she finished filming her final scenes. This follows the departure of her on-screen partner Stu Carpenter.