Corrie's Katie McGlynn reveals it was her decision for Sinead Tinker to die
She left Coronation Street last year
Last updated 10th Jan 2020
Former Coronation Street star Katie McGlynn was devastated after being forced to pull out of her role in pantomime over Christmas. The 26-year-old, who left Corrie last October, was playing Tinker Bell in Northwich's Peter Pan, but fell ill and was advised to quit by doctors.
She announced the sad news on Twitter, writing, 'Absolutely gutted but on doctors advice I’ve had to take the final week out of panto as I’m unwell... I’ve loved my time as Tinkerbell in Peter Pan @ABPtheatreshows ❤️ I’m so sorry to everyone who has booked tickets..but you’ll still have a fab time with the rest of Peter Panto x.'
Although Katie hadn't said anything other than that on the subject of her illness, she's now revealed all in an interview on Lorraine, telling the host that she'd been rushed to hospital whilst still in her costume.
"I was feeling a bit under the weather but knowing me, I just powered through, didn’t think about it," she admitted. "I was feeling off, sick and stumbly and I thought, 'This is weird'. I just felt really spaced out.
"In between shows, I fainted. It was all a bit of a blur, it was very dramatic. There was an ambulance. I don’t remember that, I just remember waking up in A&E in my Tinker Bell. The doctor put it down to exhaustion and being ill but I had a virus," she explained, adding that she needed bed rest.
Katie continued, "But I hate having a day off work. I don’t sit well with it. So this was really tough for me. I loved everyone there."
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Katie added that she was "shocked" to be nominated for Serial Drama Performance as Sinead Tinker in Coronation Street, "When I first found out about the storyline, my main concern was getting it right and making it as real as possible so the response we’ve had has been incredible. And to get nominated. I’m just shocked."
Lorraine then questioned if she'd wanted to leave the show, and Katie said, "Yeah, I just think I’d hit a time in my life where I felt a bit lost. I’d been at Corrie for a while and I just thought, ‘Where can we go?’ and they said initially they weren’t sure how to end it.
"I said, 'I think it should be a very sad ending because I know people do survive, but a lot of people don’t and I think some soaps sugarcoat it a lot'... I just wanted to make it real. I’ve learnt so, so much and I’ve got so many memories but the main thing that I am going to miss is the people. It’s such a big family. I do miss everyone."