Coronation Street: Liam Connor (Rob James-Collier) Is Leaving!

Tragedy! one of the sexiest men on TV, Rob James-Collier, has decided to quit ITV soap, Coronation Street amid fears that he will be typecast.

A source at the soap told the News of the World: “Nobody was expecting this and it’s bad news because Liam has become hugely popular with fans. He won ‘Sexiest Male’ at the British Soap Awards and they had big things planned for him.

“They wanted the Carla-Liam-Maria thing to really step up in pace, with him finally cheating on his girl with his sister-in-law. It would have given them a brilliant storyline which could have bubbled away until Christmas.”

They added: “He says that he doesn’t want to be typecast.”