Jack P Shepherd has revealed that Julia Goulding's impending exit from Coronation Street is "not dramatic at all".
Goulding, who plays Shona, wife of Shepherd's David, is currently on maternity leave and just welcomed her second child, a baby daughter.
The news of her pregnancy left some fans to speculate that Shona could be the next murder victim of David's uncle Stephen (Todd Boyce), but Shepherd has now ruled out such a twist.
"It's not dramatic at all," he told The Mirror.
"I can tell you she goes off to look after Lily in London. She's doing a football tournament in London and she needs a chaperone. She goes, 'I'll go', and goes off on maternity leave.
"The last time Julia went off on maternity leave Shona got shot! So it was like, what are we gonna do? Are we gonna do that again, is she gonna leave David?
"But no, it is gonna be a run of the mill. She goes off and then she comes back."
Goulding is expected to return to the show at some point in early 2023.
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