Today Update! Coronation Street’s Millie Gibson undergoes surgery after being rushed to hospital
Former Coronation Street star Millie Gibson has taken to social media to update fan after she was unexpectedly rushed into surgery following ‘abnormal’ stomach pains.
The actress, 21, who rose to fame playing Kelly Neelan on the ITV soap, told her followers that she has never experienced a health scare like this before, urging people to ‘listen to their bodies’.
‘I don’t usually post things like this but I just thought it was important to share awareness,’ she wrote on her Instagram stories.
‘On Thursday afternoon I went to a&e with abnormal stomach pain not knowing what it was.
‘The doctors diagnosed me with appendicitis later that evening and organised surgery for the morning.
The Doctor Who star revealed that if it weren’t for her receiving the advice from someone to go to A&E to get it checked out then her appendix ‘would have ruptured’.
‘I had no prior symptoms, it came on in the space of an hour’, she added. ‘Please listen to your bodies’.
Back in October, Millie took to Instagram to share that her beloved dog Spike had died.
’15 years with the bestest friend I could ever ask for,’ she wrote in the caption, alongside some pictures and clips of Spike
‘Heart is so broken. You are so loved. Rest peacefully my wolf,’ she continued. ‘I love you Spike.’
Millie is best known for her work as Kelly in Corrie between 2019 and 2022.
During her time on the cobbles, Kelly featured in some huge storylines, including the attack on Seb Franklin and Nina Lucas (Mollie Gallagher), which she was wrongly accused of.
Millie appeared in Doctor Who as Ruby Sunday
The character also got engaged to Aadi Alahan, was kidnapped by gangster dad Rick Neelan’s ex-associates and dealt with the devastating death of mum Laura (Kel Allen), who she had only just started to rebuild her relationship with.
Following her departure from Corrie, Millie went on to star in Doctor Who, playing companion Ruby Sunday opposite Ncuti Gatwa’s 15th doctor.
She subsequently appeared in Channel 5’s The Forsytes, a period drama which deals with familial tensions and marriages erupting as secrets come to light.