ITV deny Georgia May Foote axed for refusing Islamic storyline

Do you remember in the 70s and early 80s when the Sunday tabloids had a field day after a footballer was exposed as a love cheat or an actor left a soap?

They'd get the footballer, or actor, or whoever, into the paper, plaster their face all over the pages alongside their words, each one coming out as bitter as you'd expect, especially when it was a soap actor and they'd been sacked.

Well, it's happened again. Today. And no, it's not 1972 but this story in The Sun on Sunday makes it feel like it is.

Marc Anwar, who was sacked from Corrie as Sharif Nazir, after making racist remarks back in 2016, has turned up in a double page spread in The Sun on Sunday today. He criticises most everyone in the cast he worked with saying the following:

• Georgia May Foote left the show after she refused to allow her character Katy Armstrong to turn to Islam.  And what does Georgia have to say to that today publicly on twitter?  Well, she says this:

Again. Fake shit stories. As an actress i would have jumped at the chance to play such a diverse storyline. This was not the reason behind me leaving the show i loved and cherished for 5 years.

— Georgia May Foote (@georgiafoote) 29 April 2018

The soap itself also denied the reports today , with a Coronation Street spokesperson telling Digital Spy: "Georgia never refused to do any storyline during her time in the show."

I reckon, based on ITV and Georgia's response to the story, and Marc's reason for leaving the show himself, that the rest of the story in The Sun on Sunday can be taken with a huge pinch of salt too.  But let's have a look at what he does say, because by 'eck, it's funny.

He has a pop at Sair Khan, who plays Alya Nazir and complains about the way that Muslims are depicted in the show. He complains about Antony Cotton being unfriendly.  He even says that Shelley King, who plays Yasmeen Nazir took food home from the canteen. Well, I never!

Well, it goes on, as petty and bitter as it can be. What a shame, but also, what a tabloid throwback to the days of anything goes gossip, eh?

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Georgia May Foote to star in West End stage show

Georgia May Foote, who played Katy Armstrong on Coronation Street, has been cast as Holly Golightly in a West End stage version of Breakfast at Tiffany's. 

It's a role that Audrey Hepburn played in the film, based on the novel by Truman Capote.

       
Georgia said: “I am so excited that for my first theatre role I will be playing such an iconic character. I cannot wait to join the cast of Breakfast At Tiffany’s as Holly Golightly. It’s a wonderful adaptation of an incredible story and I’m really thrilled to be part of it!”

Playing the part of Holly from September 19 to November 19, she will share the role with pop star Pixie Lott and The Inbetweeners actress Emily Atack.

Georgia was runner-up in last year’s Strictly Come Dancing. She was paired with professional dancer Giovanni Pernice, who she is now dating.

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Georgia May Foote confirms she's dating Giovanni Pernice

Georgia May Foote, who played Katy Armstrong on Coronation Street, was one of the contestants in last year's Strictly Come Dancing. She did very well on the show, getting through to the final with professional dancer Giovanni Pernice. 

In the audience at her Strictly shows was her boyfriend, Corrie actor Sean Ward who played Callum Logan, currently residing under the floor in Gail's granny flat.  Well, it now appears that Georgia has left Sean and is dating Giovanni instead.

The Express confirms their relationship after Georgia and Giovanni posted pictures on instagram. There's also an interview in The Mirror in which Georgia says she's moving to London to live with Giovanni too. 

And what of Sean Ward?  He's gone to America.

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Corrie's Katy Armstrong joins Strictly Come Dancing

Georgia May Foote who played Katy Armstrong on Coronation Street, has today been confirmed for BBC Strictly Come Dancing.

Born in Manchester, Georgia lives in Bolton with her family. She’s in a relationship with Coronation Street actor, Sean Ward, who plays  Callum Logan in the soap.

Georgia said: “I’m scared of getting brain freeze and messing up the dances. But I’m determined not to let that happen because I hope to practise enough and be solid.”

Although she has admitted she hasn’t “done any preparation as such”, she said she has been swatting up by “watching lots of YouTube clips of all the types of dances.” And if practice and video research doesn’t help, Georgia’s hoping that her “acting skills will help” get her through.

As for her dancing history, Georgia says: “I used to dance a bit when I was younger but it was mostly hip hop. I wasn’t allowed to go back to ballet because I had ‘naughty toes’, so I went to karate instead.”

Her hip hop experience must have left her with a love of all things bling: “I LOVE sequins. I’m definitely a bit of a magpie.” But don’t even mention canned tan: “No to spray tans! They don’t suit me. I look better with a natural suntan, I prefer going ‘dirty brown’ from the sun instead of orange from a spray tan.”

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Georgia May Foote 'gutted' to be leaving Coronation Street

Georgia May Foote who is leaving Coronation Street as Katy Armstrong,  has revealed she was "a bit gutted" when she found out she was leaving the soap.

Georgia told OK! magazine: "I was a bit gutted that leaving Corrie wasn't my decision - it's like a boyfriend dumping you first - but I'm really excited. If anything, it's given me that kick I needed to move on to other things."

Coronation Street producer Stuart Blackburn said this about Georgia leaving: “Katy will not be killed off and the door will be left open for a possible return."

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Taxi for Armstrong

So all of a sudden, out of the blue, we hear the news that actress Georgia May Foote is to leave Coronation Street before the end of the year.

While I'll not shed any tears when Katy Armstrong leaves Weatherfield, it does seem a bit odd given that a long-term future for the character was suggested not that long ago.

Young Katy has been one of my least favourite characters for quite some time. While not being quite as surly as the increasingly irritating, dour Sophie or quite as gobby as the increasingly unpleasant Michelle, Katy has been a quiet, background source of annoyance for a while.

The character has been a spare part since her split with Chesney. The arrival of sweet, kindly, soap making Sinead has left Ms Armstrong redundant. Seeing nice but dull Chesney with Sinead makes you realise what a poor match Chesney and Katy were in the first place. To my mind the character was ruined as soon as the pair were saddled with their hasty relationship and parenthood. This aged them overnight and neither character has been able to come back from that abyss of old before their time responsibility. 

What made things worse was the further about turn which saw devoted young mum Katy turn trampy overnight with the deeply unsuitable, beige, characterless Ryan Connor. That entire storyline was the ultimate in filler tedium and it was an immense relief when Ryan was packed off somewhere or other for some deeply vacuous, spurious reason. At the time my only complaint was that he didn't take Katy with him.

In recent times Katy has been a background presence in the seemingly never-ending spiral of gloom that is the Armstrong-Windass family. Every so often she would chirrup up to pass on some lame piece of advice to someone who wasn't listening or compliment Valerie "gob on a stick" Phelan on her décolletage. 

While I'm a fan of Debbie Rush (Anna) and Mikey North (Gary), the over-abundance of the Armstrong-Windass clan has been quite overpowering of late, so as far as I'm concerned one less is no bad thing. Out of them all, Katy is the easiest to dispense with. Steph has come along with bags of personality and we are soon to meet Kal Nazir's daughter, Alya, so there will be no shortage of younger female characters.  

Despite my feelings towards Katy, I do wish Georgia May Foote all the best for the future.

So what do you think about the decision to wave goodbye to Katy Armstrong? Will you miss her? What would you like her exit storyline to be?


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Georgia May Foote to leave Coronation Street

Georgia May Foote, who plays Katy Armstrong, is leaving Coronation Street.

The official Coronation Street website at itv.com/corrie states that the actress will depart the cobbles later this year, after producer Stuart Blackburn decided not to renew her contract.

Georgia says: “I have had an amazing four years on Coronation Street. I have had some fantastic storylines and worked with some wonderful actors. I am very excited about what the future holds. While I will be sorry to say goodbye to Weatherfield, I am looking forward to the challenge of new roles.”

“Katy will not be killed off and the door will be left open for a possible return,” Stuart Blackburn said, adding “We wish Georgia every success with her future career.”


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Georgia May Foote given new 12 month Corrie contract

Georgia May Foote, who plays Katy Armstrong, has been given a new 12-month contract to stay on Coronation Street.

The Sun reports that the new deal for Georgia will run until May 2014 and will make the actress one of the top earners among Corrie’s crop of young stars.

Our old friend, Mr Curry Sauce told the paper: “It is really brilliant news for everyone at Corrie that Georgia has agreed to stay on. She’s a brilliant actress who has impressed everyone with the way she has taken to playing Katy. On top of that she is a stunning young girl and very popular with male viewers. The improved deal we’ve given her reflects how highly we rate her.”



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Katy to be jealous of Chesney

There's an interview with Georgia May Foote over at Digital Spy today. It all stems from Katy's recent fling with Ryan, with the end result of Chesney throwing her out of the house. Now Katy's very sorry (that she got caught) and is trying to win Ches back.

Chesney is due to find solace in Beth Tinker's niece, Sinead and that's going to make Katy very jealous. (What goes around comes around, I say!)

Georgia is excited about her storyline and is finding it a satisfying challenge. She believes that Chesney didn't really want to break up with Katy but the trust was broken and he felt very betrayed.

"But now it's going to take quite a while for Chesney to be able to trust Katy again. Katy has crossed a line, so it'll take a lot for him to forgive her."

She can understand why Katy had her head turned by Ryan. She'd been with Chesney since a young age and never realized the reality of being tied down with a family. A little attention from a good looking young man and it brought back to her how much she'd been missing. She's looking forward to the rest of the story playing out. 

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Georgia May Foote on Katy and Chesney's Christmas baby

Georgia May Foote, who plays Katy Armstrong in Coronation Street, says that she's loving playing on-screen mum to baby Joseph - played by newborn twins Tommy and Ronnie.

“They’re so cute. One of them was only 4lbs when he was born and they were just nine days old when we started filming so they were absolutely tiny.

The People says that we'll see 17-year-old Katy giving birth just two days before Christmas Day. The drama happens when Anna Windass’s daughter Faye gets stage fright and runs off, minutes before she is due to appear as Mary in a nativity play.

“Katy had been rehearsing the lines with her. So, as the only other person who knows them, she dons Mary’s scarf and goes on ­instead. As she’s acting the birth of Jesus she starts getting pains and everyone says: ‘oh, she’s doing really well – she’s dead good at acting.’

They think she’s taking it a bit seriously but she’s actually gone into labour. They clear the place and call an ambulance but Katy ends up giving birth to baby Joseph in the manger on stage.”
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Georgia May Foote Interview

Calling all fans of Georgia May Foote, who plays Chesney's teenage love interest and mother of his expectant child, Katy Armstrong.

The interview has some sexy photos of her dressing more like Rosie Webster, which she tells audiences is more "the normal her." The 20 year old actress claims she won't be joining the gang of Corrie glamourpusses - but it seems to me that this photoshoot is exactly that!

Read the rest of the article HERE if you're interested in Georgia's viewpoints on her character's teenage pregnancy and her own personal life.

Georgia May Foote on playing Corrie's pregnant Katy

There's an interview today in the Daily Star with Georgia May Foote, the actress who plays Katy Armstrong on Coronation Street. Georgia May decribes her first screen kiss with Sam Aston, who plays Chesney, and says that after the kiss, the crew played Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye through the loud speakers on the set. And the kiss had to be filmed 20 times to ensure it was caught from every angle.  In real life Georgia May is 20 years old and Sam Aston's just 17 but they do a wonderfully convincing job of playing much younger teens on TV, don't they? 

You can read the full interview here.

Izzy's sister joins Coronation Street

We know that Izzy Armstrong's dad is joining Coronation Street as a new fella for Liz McDonald.

And the fab Inside Soap magazine now reveals that Izzy's sister Kat Armstrong will join Corrie too. Kat will be played by actress Georgia May Foote and we'll see her on screen in late July.

Georgia has been in Coronation Street once before, for one episode as Jess Burrows. Remember her? No, me neither. Here's her IMDB profile.