Coronation Street’s Alan Halsall splits with Doctors star wife Lucy-Jo Hudson after nine years of marriage

CORRIE’S Alan Halsall has split with his telly star wife Lucy-Jo Hudson after nine years of marriage, The Sun can reveal.

Alan, who plays mechanic Tyrone Dobbs, joked to pals that he is having a mid-life crisis.

The couple, who met on the set of the ITV soap in 2002, have spent the past eight months supervising building work on a five-bed dream home but are now living apart.

Alan, 35, and Doctors star Lucy-Jo, 34, wed in 2009 and have a four-year-old daughter called Sienna-Rae.

A source said yesterday: “It’s very amicable but they’ve decided to go their separate ways.

“Alan’s been joking that he’s having a mid-life crisis and he went and treated himself to a brand new car five days ago. It’s a difficult time for both of them.

“They’re devastated the marriage is over but have vowed to stay friends. They still really care for each other.”

Alan, 35, splashed out £35,000 on the convertible Mercedes motor.

Last month he also attended the opening of Harley-Davidson’s new showroom in Manchester and told fans he fancied treating himself to one of the motorbikes.

The source said: “He was referring to Lucy as his ex-wife and joking about having a mid-life crisis. He seemed in pretty good spirits, though.”

Earlier this year Alan had a lads’ holiday to Marbella in Spain and two months ago showed off new hair implants on Twitter.

Last year he was dubbed a secret hunk by Corrie fans, who noticed that he had been working out.

Alan and Lucy-Jo, who played Katy Harris in Corrie from 2002-05, split two years ago after admitting that their relationship had lost its spark.

After four months they decided to give their marriage another go.

At the time it was rumoured Lucy-Jo had grown close to actor Andy Moss, 35, her co-star in the daytime BBC drama.

But she insisted the claims were “absolute nonsense”.

In 2016 Alan and Lucy-Jo got planning permission for a new mansion featuring loft-style bedrooms and a media room in Salford. Work on the property is still under way.

A Coronation Street spokeswoman declined to comment.

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