ITV Coronation Street's Kelly star Millie Gibson shares the adorable gift Charlie De Melo got her as he exited
03.06.2022 - 17:47
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Millie Gibson has shared a look at the extremely thoughtful gift co-star Charlie De Melo got for her as he left Coronation Street. The actor, who has played Imran Habeeb for almost five years, said goodbye to the ITV soap in dramatic fashion as his character tragically died.
Solicitor Imran suffered a cardiac arrest after heroically saving his wife, Toyah, from the wreckage of their car after they ended up in a car accident. At the time of writing on Friday (June 3), what exactly happened in the lead up to the crash is unclear with Corrie viewers set to discover the truth in a series of flashbacks.
But it was Millie's character Kelly who helped Imran see the error of his ways after she found he had got paralegal Ben, who he later employed at the solicitor's office, to lie to the court about Abi Franklin being back on drugs so that he could get custody of their son, Alfie.
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The teen angrily confronted Imran and it appeared her words stirred his conscience and feeling guilty for destroying Abi's chance of happiness, Imran made the decision to come clean to both the court and Toyah. Later, the pair bumped into each other in the street where Imran praised his former foster daughter for showing him the error of his ways.
But it ended up being the last the pair saw each other as during Thursday night's episode, Kelly discovered Imran had died in heartbreaking scenes. And the sadness wasn't just on-screen as Millie and Charlie became close friends behind the camera.
Taking to Instagram after the 32-year-old actor's final scenes aired, Millie shared a picture of a gift bag which was surrounded by a few gifts. "Now the