Coronation Street fans believe Liz McDonald will soon return
Sue Cleaver, who portrays Eileen, announced her departure from the soap after a 25-year stint to explore new opportunities.
Last week, Eileen, who first appeared in 2000, bid farewell to the cobbles.
Eileen was a fixture at the taxi office from the very beginning, working as a switch operator and often seen assisting customers.
Please Corrie, bring back Liz 'Style Icon' McDonald pic.twitter.com/88y6TG22f3 — JustRandomThoughts (@randomstuffxzxz) May 28, 2025
But with her departure now aired, fans believe it's only a matter of time before someone steps into Eileen's role at work - and they're confident they know who it will be.
"Now Eileen has left the cab office I wonder who will take her place," one person speculated on a Corrie Facebook fan page.
Viewers quickly suggested that soap legend Liz McDonald (Beverley Callard) could make a comeback and help run the business alongside her son Steve.
Fans are clamouring for the return of soap legend Liz McDonald to Coronation Street, with one stating: "Liz McDonald! Get her back to run it with Steve."
Another supporter concurred, saying: "That would be so good."
A different individual suggested: "Maybe the business starts to fail and she comes back to help Steve?" Reinforcing this idea, a fellow fan expressed: "I'd love that!".
In February of this year, Beverley admitted to taking medication to cope with some mental health struggles.
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She spoke about how we needed more access to talking therapies. Beverley made her first appearance on the cobbles in 1989, revealing she was hit with mental health struggles two decades later while she was still working on the show.
"I was first hit with it in 2010 and I was hospitalised for three months.. I was terrified of people hearing about it," she expressed, explaining how people wanted to know why she was missing.
"There was a feeling of guilt, of shame, of people thinking I was maybe weak. Clinical depression is not that, it's the curse of the strong. It affects people pleasers and people who don't stop, so it is important to talk," she said.
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