Michelle’s furious goodbye!
One final twist seals her decision to leave Weatherfield...
Michelle blasts out of Weatherfield seething this fortnight – after sleazy Ray takes great pleasure in revealing that he is the new owner of the Bistro!
Having taken revenge on cheating Robert by conning him out of his beloved restaurant, Michelle hopes to really stick the knife in by selling off the business altogether. For a quick sale, she reluctantly accepts a ridiculously low offer – only for her slimeball former boss to announce that he is in fact the mystery buyer…
“Michelle can’t believe it – but it’s too late to do anything, because she’s already signed the papers!” despairs actress Kym Marsh, who plays her. “Ray manages to have his revenge, although Michelle isn’t going to take it lying down. She goes berserk and smashes up the Bistro, which was so much fun to film!”
It’s with a heavy heart that Michelle decides she needs to get away from the Street, and plans to stay with her parents in Ireland for a while. Following her farce of a wedding, Robert’s arrest for Vicky’s murder – and all the drama that follows over the Christmas period – Michelle is heartbroken to leave her sons Ali and Ryan. But there are too many unhappy memories for her in Weatherfield…
“Michelle has mixed feelings,” explains Kym. “So much has happened to her on the Street – some good and some awful – and she needs time away from those memories. It’s not easy for her to leave, yet after all that happens over Christmas, Michelle is left with no other option.”
While one chapter comes to an end for Michelle, those left behind are forced to accept the dawn of a new era as predator Ray takes charge at the Bistro. Who stands to be affected the most?
Michelle can’t believe it – but it’s too late to do anything! ”