Overview

• The Coronation Street alum appeared on ITV's Good Morning Britain on Thursday with Kate Garraway and Ed Balls to discuss her life and career.
• During the interview, she said she believed she would have been sacked if her sexuality had been known at the time, adding she cannot back up the claim.
• Viewers reacted on social media with surprise at her age and warm praise for her energy and appearance.
• Her book, I'm Still Here: My 90 Years, was released Thursday and covers her childhood, decades in showbusiness, and coming to terms with her bisexuality.
• Barrie played Alma Halliwell on Coronation Street from the 1980s until 2001, later came out in the early 2000s, and married writer Hilary Bonner in 2014.