ITV Corrie's Simon Gregson gives health update amid real-life injury as he talks home being haunted by 'woman dressed in white'
16.03.2023 - 18:03
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Coronation Street star Simon Gregson has given fans an update on his real-life injury after Steve McDonald appeared on screen last year in a wheelchair. In an episode of the ITV soap aired on November 29, the character returned from a trip to Spain. He got sympathy from his pals in the boozer, with the exception of his wife Tracy, as he explained that he had broken his leg while chasing a mugger.
But the real reason behind it all was that actor Simon, in real-life, broke his leg in six places, and it had to be written into his Corrie scenes. He said at the time: "I've broken my leg. I literally just went over and rolled my ankle, outside the back of the house. It was done in six places."
He added: "I'm able to drive now, but walking across wet fields is a no for me. Because if I slip it's back to square one." Asked by the Mirror if Corrie had to write his broken leg into the script, he said: "Yeah, they've written it in. They just kind of spoke about it. It's like when Bobby Ewing woke up in the shower [in Dallas]. No one cares after about five minutes."
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And appearing on Good Morning Britain on Thursday (March 16), Simon gave an update on his injury and explained how it will still be months before he is back to full health. "It hurts, all the time. It's driving me mad," he said. "I think it's just a case of just having to wait quite a while until it's fully better."
Host Kate Garraway then asked: "So you're out of plaster, you can move about a little bit, you're obviously sitting down but what a problem for you." To which Simon replied: "I know yeah it's been driving me mad. I can't do the things I usually do but