Overview
- After the December 29 episode showed a joint birthday at the Bistro, the celebration was revealed as an early focus on George’s 60th rather than Glenda’s big day.
- Maudsley posted a selfie with Jodie Prenger on X and Instagram, joking that neither of them looks a day over 28 despite their characters turning 60 and 50.
- The actor is 57 and Prenger is 46 in real life, a contrast that fueled the lighthearted tone of the post.
- Co-stars reacted publicly, with Gareth Pierce calling it a “hate crime,” Catherine Tyldesley sharing praise, and Daniel Brocklebank teasing, “Happy 80th darling.”
- Maudsley has played George since 2020 and now runs Shuttleworth’s Independent Funeral Directors on the show, with Prenger joining as sister Glenda in 2022; Coronation Street airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday on ITV and ITVX.