Stella Price's Coronation Street exit will be a low-key storyline concentrating on her relationship with daughter Leanne.
Michelle Collins announced last August that she will be bowing out from the role of Stella, but show bosses have now ruled out an explosive departure for the character.
Speaking at a Coronation Street press event yesterday (January 10), producer Stuart Blackburn explained: "Stella is on screen until the end of April or early May. It's a very quiet exit because we've had so many big ones and there are massive ones coming up.
"It's an exit where she's trying to do the right thing by Leanne. There's a space and time where her exit might help Leanne. There's also a sense of Stella looking at Gloria and her lust for life. She's also looking at Eva who's with Jason. She thinks, 'I'm not dead yet - I'm only 50 and there's a whole world out there!'
"Hopefully it's genuine, moving, truthful and leaves the door open. But mostly Stella thinks if she goes, Leanne can get on with whatever she's getting on with - but what that is I'm not going to say!"
Collins joined the cast of Coronation Street in mid-2011, when the Price clan took charge at the Rovers Return. More recently, Stella has moved on from the pub and is working at the Bistro.
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