Coronation Street star Amanda Barrie shockingly revealed that the soap's bosses stopped her from publicly coming out as gay.
The soap icon has played Alma Sedgewick on the ITV series for 20 years but wasn't allowed to be her true self.
While starring in the soap from 1981 to 1982 and 1988 to 2001, she refused to confirm her sexuality. It wasn't until after that she come out.