Coronation Street's Jenny star 'proud' as son follows in his dad's footsteps
12.11.2023 - 19:59
/ ok.co.uk
Coronation Street star Sally Ann Mathews has shared a ‘proud’ update with her fans, as her son follows in his dad's footsteps. In real life, the actress, known for her role as Jenny Connor on the show, is married to senior barrister Nick Rhodes.
The pair share two children together, Louis and James, and live in London.
On Thursday (9 November) Sally shared with her 107,000 Instagram followers that her son James has graduated from university, where he also opted to study law, just like his father. Posting a picture of her standing next to James in his graduation robe, she penned: "A brace of lawyers at my house.
Huge congratulations @jamesrho3 - we’re incredibly proud of you x". Sally’s co-stars from the cobbles were quick to congratulate her and her son.
Sally Metcalfe actress Sally Dynevor said: "Congratulations xxx," while Sally Carman, who plays Abi Webster, said: "This is awesome! Congratulations James." Lucy Fallon, whose character Bethany Platt is set to return to the soap, said: "What a clever cloggs" [sic], and former Sophie Webster star Brooke Vincent said: "Oh how fabulous [heart emojis] congratulations." Since Sally reprised her role as Jenny on the famous street in 2015, her character has had a complicated love life. The soap star recently confessed that Jenny’s racy scenes leave her adult sons mortified.
Speaking to The Mirror, the soap legend admitted: "They always seem to walk through the room just when Jenny is about to snog somebody or be suggestive. "They’ll just be passing through, and they hear my voice on screen and turn round and look and then say: ‘Jesus, mother!’ and turn round and walk out!" She first dated Kevin Webster before she married Johnny Connor, but they split after she had a fling with
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