CORONATION Street star Claire Sweeney has revealed she’s rejected the use of an intimacy co-ordinator on the soap.

The actress – who plays Cassie Plummer in the ITV soap – told the Off Script podcast that she didn’t feel like she needed one for her kissing scenes with Simon Gregson after her long career.

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Claire revealed her snake-like tongue as she revealed she rejected the use of an intimacy co-ordinator

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Claire Sweeney was overjoyed she got to kiss Paul Usher’ Barry in BrooksideCredit: Channel 4

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Claire’s character Cassie has intimate scenes with Simon Gregson’s SteveCredit: ITV
“Kissing scenes have changed as well,” she said.

“I’d been a fan of Brookside since I was a kid and I found out that Lindsay was going to cop off with Barry Grant (played by actor Paul Usher) – brilliant.

“Come to the snogging scene and I was like a snake with a big tongue. Straight in with Barry Grant you know. One for the team.”

But Claire revealed that things have changed and what she did then wouldn’t pass muster now.

She added: “Nowadays, I had to do a kissing scene with Steve McDonald, Simon Gregson, and they said to us ‘do you want an intimacy co-ordinator?’.

“And I didn’t know how to play it because I didn’t want to put Simon in an awkward position because time’s have changed.

“I just said to Caroline who’s in charge of the cast, ‘I’m OK with it’. But I was also aware that you don’t want to do someone out of a job as well.

“So I just said Simon’s great and I’ll just get a breath freshener and I’ll hold back on the tongue.

“And then Simon just sent a message saying: ‘I think we’ll be alright’. He was on the same page, old school.”

Claire recently revealed she’d signed a new deal to extend her time on the cobbles for another year.

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Claire recently revealed that she’s hoping Cassie and Steve have a future – so she can have a big soap wedding.

She said: “I said this to him the other day, ‘I’d love us to get married.’

Coronation Street’s 2024 shock exits

Corrie has said goodbye to several cast members this year. Let’s break down who’s left the famous soap:

Eliza Woodrow (Savannah Kunyo) has said farewell to Corrie to start a new life in Germany.

The youngster moved to live with her dad Dom Everett, who went back on the £10,000 bribe Eliza’s grandfather Stu had offered to keep him out of her life.

Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) will bow out of the soap this summer when he loses his fight with motor neurone disease (MND) in tragic scenes.

After being diagnosed last year, the fan favourite was devastated to learn he only had months left to live.

Viewers know he is planning to take his own life to end his suffering.

Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) departed the cobbles after being offered the opportunity of a lifetime to study in America.

Though she struggled to decide with her stepdad Paul’s impending death from MND, she was convinced she had to live her life to the full.

Simon Barlow (Alex Bain) has struggled with the sudden departure of his father Peter from the cobbles.

The Weatherfield legend left his family and loved ones behind on Boxing Day, 2023, when his wife Carla Connor encouraged him to travel around the world with a friend.

Simon’s been on a downward spiral ever since and his exit could end in tragedy.

Alya Nazir is set to leave the cobbles as actress Sair Khan prepares to go on maternity leave ahead of the birth of her first child.

It looks likely she’ll be heading to Dublin after securing a lucrative new job, leaving her colleague and fling Adam Barlow behind.

Show stalwart Sue Cleaver, who plays Eileen Grimshaw, is taking a break to star in the Sister Act The Musical UK tour. She will be back filming in May once her dates on the tour come to an end.

Her character left the Street after her son Jason broke his back after falling off a moped in Asia.

“He went, ‘Not another wedding.’ I’ve never been married in real life, I’ve been married once in Brookside.

“It would be lovely to have a wedding in Corrie.”