She sashayed her way back onto the famous cobbles as former sex worker Nicky Wheatley last week to cause drama for new couple Daniel Osbourne and Daisy Midgeley on Coronation Street.
But actress Kimberly Hart-Simpson says in real-life she's 'happy to be single', and she's proud to be pansexual.
She told the Sunday People that she's been sent cruel memes after coming out as pansexual - the romantic or sexual attraction to people of any sex or gender identity.
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But Kimberly, 35, took the reaction in her stride.
“I’ve had a couple of memes. Me holding a Tefal pan, because I’m ‘pan-sexual’, but that’s all right," she said.
“People saying it’s a stunt are not my problem. That’s their problem.”
Kimberly revealed she is pansexual in January last year ahead of her appearance on Celebs Go Dating.
She said she wasn't fussed about what gender her future partner might be as she appeared on the E4 dating show.
"I have dated people who are male, female, transgender…” she told the Mirror. "Gender is completely irrelevant to me.
"We're all on different spectrums. There are many qualities about me I would deem just as much male as female. It's about the person, not what sex they were born. I just fancy everybody."
Fans last saw her Coronation Street character Nicky in September 2020 when she grew close to teacher Daniel after the tragic death of his wife Sinead Tinker.
The pair spent time together as Nicky helped widower Daniel to navigate through his grief.
She left to start a new life in Lytham with money stolen by Daniel from vile abuser Geoff Metcalfe.
Now she's back with a huge career change as a teaching assistant at Weatherfield High.
But Daniel's girlfriend Daisy is far from happy to see her around lied that Daniel had moved away.
Kimberly believes she brought on her own return to the street through drawing up her goals in life and visualising her comeback.
She explained: "This is not for everyone, but I like vision boards, things that I want in my life I want to see in front of me on the daily - it gives me direction and purpose."
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