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Fans were shocked to learn that\u00a0Coronation Street<\/a>\u00a0favourite\u00a0Channique Sterling-Brown<\/a>\u00a0would be leaving the show. The\u00a0actress\u00a0posted on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0in October to say that\u00a0she\u2019d\u00a0just finished filming her final scenes<\/a>\u00a0as\u00a0Dee-Dee Bailey<\/a>, as she prepared to pursue new projects.<\/p>\n She wrote:\u00a0\u2018After three whirlwind years of Dee-Dee Bailey,\u00a0I\u2019ve\u00a0decided to say farewell to the cobbles.\u00a0Bittersweet to be saying goodbye, but I am\u00a0so excited for pastures new<\/a>\u00a0and enjoying the end of playing Princess Diana and her many expressions.\u2019<\/p>\n Dee-Dee has certainly had a dramatic time in her three years in Weatherfield. Coming into the show as the loveably ditsy but super-smart lawyer daughter of Ed Bailey (Trevor Michael Georges), she soon became embroiled in a huge storyline when she started a relationship with\u00a0Joel Deering<\/a>\u00a0(Calum Lill<\/a>) \u2013 who\u00a0turned out to be a vile abuser<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Joel storyline came to its conclusion with the villain\u00a0eventually being killed by Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton)<\/a>, the young woman who\u2019d been one of his victims.<\/p>\n Then Dee-Dee\u00a0discovered she was pregnant with his child<\/a>. After much soul-searching about whether to keep the baby or not, she eventually decided to have the child because its half sibling, Lauren\u2019s son Frankie, needed a bone marrow transplant and Dee-Dee\u2019s baby cold\u00a0have\u00a0been a donor.<\/p>\n The\u00a0birth of baby Laila was traumatic for Dee-Dee<\/a>, who was subjected to racism from the maternity ward staff and nearly died because her concerns\u00a0weren\u2019t\u00a0taken seriously.<\/p>\n She decided to let her brother\u00a0James<\/a>\u00a0(Jason Callender<\/a>) adopt the\u00a0baby, but\u00a0realised\u00a0that she\u00a0couldn\u2019t\u00a0bear to be\u00a0parted\u00a0from her and took the decision to keep her. James was initially devastated, but eventually he and Dee-Dee agreed that they would co-parent\u00a0the little girl.<\/p>\n Life has been looking much more settled for Dee-Dee recently after she\u00a0embarked on a romantic relationship with Ollie Driscoll<\/a>\u00a0(Raphael Akuwudike<\/a>).<\/p>\n Dee-Dee was initially wary of him after having had such\u00a0a bad experience\u00a0with Joel, but things have been going\u00a0well\u00a0and Dee-Dee was welcomed into Ollie\u2019s family when his dad\u00a0Ben<\/a>\u00a0(Aaron McCusker<\/a>) and step-mum\u00a0Eva Price<\/a>\u00a0(Catherine Tyldesley<\/a>) took over the running of the Rovers.<\/p>\n Sadly (for Ollie), Dee-Dee has just called time on their relationship. He knew that something was up when she refused to commit\u00a0to them spending Christmas Day together. Ollie confided in James that\u00a0he\u2019d\u00a0been dumped and said he was sure there was something more to it. James agreed that Dee-Dee had been behaving oddly recently.<\/p>\n Hi, I\u2019m Maisie Spackman, a Soaps reporter at Metro.\u00a0<\/strong>I cover all the latest spoilers and gossip from Weatherfield to Walford.<\/p>\n If you want to stay up to date on the biggest storylines and news from your favourite cast members, sign up to\u00a0our daily Soaps Newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"Dee-Dee](\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SEI_205307926-7fa0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646\")
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