ITV Coronation Street's Millie Gibson shares real reason she's left soap and why she had to convince her parents about her exit

Fans were gutted when it was revealed that Millie Gibson would be leaving Coronation Street after three years. And in her first exit chat, the Kelly Neelan actress has revealed the reason behind her departure.

Millie will be bowing out of the ITV soap in an "explosive" storyline that is set to air this month. The 18-year-old has already filmed her final scenes and the 18-year-old was joined by her Corrie pals last month as they said farewell to their young co-star at her packed leaving bash on Salford Quays.

It was previously teased that Kelly could finally uncover the truth about killer Gary Windass, and the fact he allowed her dying mother Laura Neelan to take the blame for killing her dad, Rick. And earlier this month, the soap’s producer Iain MacLeod has revealed that the pair will enter into a ‘Corriewood’ showdown as part of a ‘super September’ week.

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“We thought the fact that Millie is going and therefore Kelly’s going allows us to go really big and do something incredibly high stakes and to get these characters to stand on these landmines with buried for them over the years and will go off in one cataclysmic explosion,” Iain revealed to the Manchester Evening News and other press.

And now Millie has revealed more on the upcoming scenes after it was confirmed that she’ll discover the truth about Gary killing her dad and seeking revenge, she hires a hitman to get rid of her guardian for good. But things don’t quite go as planned and both Gary and Kelly end up in danger and their lives hanging in the balance over the Manchester skyline.

“It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for,” Millie told