Coronation Street’s Vicky Entwistle breaks down in tears as emotional Bruce Jones says he ‘owes her so much’
CORONATION Street legend Vicky Entwistle broke down in tears today as she was reunited with her former on-screen husband Bruce Jones on Loose Women.
The pals were very emotional as recovering alcoholic Bruce thanked Vicky for getting him through “bad times” – and says he “owes her so much”.
Vicky Entwistle was moved to tears by her former co-star[/caption]They shot to fame on the ITV soap as Les and Janice Battersby in 1997.
The actors haven’t seen each other for the past five years and were overwhelmed as they appeared on video call today.
Seeing her again for the first time, Bruce said: “You look absolutely beautiful, you’ve never changed. I’m nearly in tears looking at you, the memories are flooding back.
“I owe Vicky so much. Especially for the bad time I was going through, because you helped me through a lot. Thank you very much for that.”
They famously played popular couple Les and Janice Battersby [/caption]Moved by his words, Vicky said: “I promised myself I wouldn’t cry…”
She dabbed her face as tears fell thinking back to the bad times Bruce faced while battling alcoholism.
The actor was drinking 15 pints a day and wanted to take his own life after losing both of his homes.
He was warned his drinking would kill him – but now Bruce has turned his life around.
The emotional pals were reunited on a video call on Loose Women[/caption]Most read in Showbiz
Bruce said today: “I’m OK now, I’m back, I’m so happy now. Now this has made everything more happy for me now.”
The pair said they would return to the cobbles if they could run the Rovers Return together.
Vicky added: “We had some great laughs, we got told off a lot.”