Many Coronation Street fans have spotted a glaring issue as a new character for the soap was today announced.
On Friday, former Brookside star Claire Sweeney confirmed she is about to join the cast of Coronation Street. She said she will join the cobbles to play Tyrone Dobbs' biological mum, Cassie.
Claire said: "Even though I’ve been lucky enough to have enjoyed an amazingly varied career for nearly 40 years - being cast in Coronation Street is, to me, better than being cast in a Hollywood movie!
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"I’ve watched it all my life and can’t quite believe that I’ll now be stepping onto those famous cobbles myself. I was really nervous when I got the scripts to audition as this show means so much to me and my family and this is Corrie gold, I was beyond thrilled and very grateful when I got the call that Iain MacLeod is trusting me to play Tyrone's Mum and work alongside one of my heroes, Dame Maureen Lipman.
"Cassie is a character who is definitely going to make an impact - I just hope the audience will enjoy watching her as much as I'm going to be enjoying playing her!"
The news has got soap fans talking, with many excited for the Scouse actress to make her Weatherfield debut. However, others have spotted a problem with her arrival.
It turns out Alan Halsall, who plays Tyrone, is 40. And Claire is just twelve years older than him at 52.
Responding to a post about Claire joining the Corrie team, one Facebook user said: "So she had Tyrone when she was 12?", while a second said: "Only 12 years difference so she must have got pregnant at 11... definitely can't actually be his mum."
A third said: "Claire looks nowhere near old enough, ridiculous", while a fourth added: "There's no way she is old enough, I think she has an ulterior motive."
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