25 years after she first arrived on Coronation Street, Eileen Grimshaw star Sue Cleaver has now spoken out on her soap exit.

Speaking on Loose Women recently, the Corrie actress addressed the real reason for her decision to leave.

Coronation Street star Sue Cleaver shares real reason for leaving soap

With Sue’s exit as Eileen airing on screen this evening (Friday, June 6), the actress has revealed why she’s decided that now is the right time to leave the show.

She shared: “I’m now 61 and I feel I’m now at a stage in my life, like most mums we have responsibilities, we have other things we have to consider [and] we’re bringing up our families – and I’ve got to the stage, my son is grown up now, he’s 29, I have no responsibilities left and I want to do something new. I want this decade to be about me.

“I really want to empower other women. Society at this point wants us all to shuffle off, don’t they. Just go away quietly, ‘You’ve had your days.’

“No, this is my decade. I’m more excited about this decade, hopefully you know, as long as I remain well, that this is going to be the most exciting decade for me. I’m really excited.”

Eileen Grimshaw’s exit from Coronation Street

Eileen Grimshaw decided to leave Coronation Street this evening as she packed her bags and headed off to the airport.

George Shuttleworth asked her to be honest with him about their relationship. Eileen then admitted that she only loved him as a ‘very dear friend.’

George then urged her to go to Thailand without him, with Eileen then deciding to move there with Jason Grimshaw and run the bar with him.

Asking Todd to visit them once she was settled out there, she then jumped into a cab with Jason and waved goodbye to the cobbles.