Coronation Street stars look worlds away from the cobbles as they soak up the sunny weather on boozy night out

The Irish Sun

15-05-2025

THE cast of Coronation Street enjoyed some much-needed down time as they enjoyed a slew of boozy drinks in the sunshine.
The stars of the ITV soap
opera
were out in force in MediaCity in Salford as they hit up their favourite bar for evening drinks in the UK
heatwave
.
3
Samia Longchambon sank some drinks in the sun with her Corrie cast mates
Credit: Instagram
3
She posed up a storm with her soap pals
Credit: Instagram
Just a stone's throw from the show's set, stars including Samia Longchambon and Julia Goulding let their
hair
down for the mid-week soiree.
Maria Connor actress Samia shared a series of snaps from the evening do as she cuddled up to her co-stars.
In one photo, she posed alongside her on-screen husband, Mikey North, as she threw her arm around him whilst tightly clutching onto her drink.
Poking fun at their characters, she added the caption: "Gaz and Maz on the razz."
Read More on Corrie
An hour later, Samia shared another
snap
of her posing with Shona Platt star Julia and recently axed cast member, Farrel Hagerty.
Samia kept things low-key in a loose-fitting white top and a pair of light blue denim jeans.
The outing was a chance for the actress to blow off some
steam
after
Alongside co-star
Most read in Soaps
The cast are famously outlawed from accepting paid promotions online but Samia and Sair have been allowed to rake in thousands extra after bosses approved a slew of brand deals.
Infuriatingly, many of the cast had similar partnerships knocked back with one actress telling The Sun that it had created high tension among the show's set.
Coronation Street and Emmerdale announce huge 'crossover' special episode in UK soap first
They told us 'It's one rule for the polished PR favourites, and another for the rest of us.
'If you're not part of the golden circle, forget it.
'They wouldn't let most of us even do a teeth-whitening collaboration, meanwhile Samia's out there posing with pastries.
'It's a total p**s take.
'We've been told time and time again: no ads, no endorsements — not so much as a candle on Instagram.
'But then Samia pops up in a full-blown promo for M&S and everyone's just supposed to pretend it's normal?
'People are keeping quiet as they don't want to rock the boat or get the boot but there's a lot of anger.
'Why are some allowed to cash in while the rest of us struggle?'
According to internal documents, outside work must be pre-approved, must not conflict with ITV's commercial partners or damage an actor's character's integrity.
3
The Maria Connor actress has been central to a recent backstage war
Credit: ITV