Sue Cleaver decided to live life for herself when she turned 60.
Sue Cleaver has decided to have fun in her sixties
The actress - who has 28-year-old son Elliot with ex-husband James Quinn - is best known for having starred as Eileen Grimshaw in 'Coronation Street' from 2000 but in the run-up to her milestone birthday decided that it was time to do other things, like appear on 'I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!' and join the ITV1 chat show 'Loose Women'.
Speaking on ITV's 'Lorraine', she said: "I brought my son up, my priority was always my son and then I just thought that as soon as he'd gone...he's 28 now...I just decided...I hit 60 and decided that this decade is for me, I'm gonna have fun, I'm gonna do what I want to do. I'm gonna come out from being this mum where that was my main priority. It started with me going in the jungle. I love being on the 'Loose Women' panel. I can be me, and I have enough to say."
The soap legend is now starring as Mother Superior in the UK tour of 'Sister Act: The Musical' but will soon be back in her role as matriarch Eileen, who, over the years, has brought up sons Jason (Ryan Thomas) and Todd (Gareth Pierce) as a single mother, had a number of ill-fated relationships including one with a fireman whose wife was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and has become the infamous arch-enemy of Gail Platt (Helen Worth).
But Eileen is now in a relationship with undertaker George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley) and Sue shared her hopes that the characters will get to tie the knot one day in a classic 'Corrie' wedding.
She said: "I have a few months' grace to do this job and then I will be back in there as soon as I've finished. I'm pushing for George and Eileen to have a big old-fashioned 'Corrie' wedding. Funny things can [go wrong]. We don't want to lose anybody!"
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