Shayne Ward came to Sally Ann Matthews' rescue by sending her a video of how to change a smoke detector battery after she appealed for help.
Sally Ann Matthews
The 'Coronation Street' star - who portrays Jenny Connor - took to Twitter to ask for assistance because she was unable to remove the cover of her alarm, but fortunately she was helped out by her former co-star, as well as a fireman friend and two security guards.
She wrote on Twitter: "I'm a damsel (ish) in distress. Anyone know how to remove the cover so I can change the battery? x (sic)"
One of her pals, who is a fireman, sent Sally a number of tweets explaining how to do it.
He tweeted: "Lucky for you! You've just made friends with a firefighter! Haha the two clips at the side need pressing in simultaneously x
"Yes get a screwdriver in there and lever it open x ...
"Then line the two triangles up to put in back on ... (sic)"
Shayne - who previously portrayed Sally's on-screen stepson Aidan Connor on the soap - also replied: "Did you sort it? If not I'll FaceTime you and talk you through it x (sic)"
And she later thanked her pals while revealing two security guards had managed to carry out the task after Shayne and her fireman friend's tweets.
She wrote: "When @shayneTward sends you a 'how to' video and your new fireman mate @aaronlp1 explains all and then two lovely Media City security guards do the muscle work, that's when you change the battery in your smoke detector x (sic)"
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