Coronation Street star shares gory pictures of nasty injury and says it’s ‘pure agony’ as she’s flooded with support
It comes as the soap actress visited A&E last month
A CORONATION Street star has been flooded with support after sharing pictures of a nasty injury she branded ‘agony’.
Fans rushed to leave reassuring comments underneath the actress’ social media post.
Tracie Bennett notably played Sharon Gaskell across multiple stints on the cobbles.
Last month, she was rushed to hospital and “nearly lost her finger”.
The actress found herself in A&E after her index finger ballooned in size due to a serious and painful infection.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Tracie shared photos to her followers of her hand wound healing up.
She wrote: “Ouch.
“Still healing. New pink (gammon) skin growing underneath the damage.
“Shame it doesn’t do that on my face”, Tracie joked.
One person penned: “Ouch… that looks so painful. I hope you’re feeling better every day.”
Another added: “Thanks for the update, I have been wondering how you were doing! Is it painful?”
To which the star replied: “It’s pure agony. But we work through it!”
The 63-year-old ultimately ended up having an operation on her hand.
Tracie first told fans about her infection while sat in the waiting room.
Writing on X, she said: “Let’s count the hours from now of how long I’ll be in A&E with a seriously infected finger.
“Been on antibiotics since Monday but they haven’t worked. Ouch.
“Haven’t slept properly. Hoping it’s not long. Torture. Place your bets.”
She initially starred in the ITV soap for two years, spanning 1982 to 1984.
Her character’s storylines at this time included pursuing Brian Tilsley (Christopher Quinten) – despite Brian’s marriage to Gail (Helen Worth) – whom he ultimately remained faithful to.
Best soap affair love triangles
LOVE triangles are a fundamental part of soap-land, but which ones have become the most iconic?
EASTENDERS
Bradley/Stacey/Max: Stacey Slater began an affair with boyfriend Bradley Branning’s dad Max in 2007.
Despite their romps, Stacey still married Bradley, but their deceit came out in an iconic Christmas Day episode that year.
Grant/Sharon/Phil: Heading even further back in Walford history, EastEnders fans were gripped in the 90s as Sharon Watts had a one-night stand with her brother-in-law Phil Mitchell.
Sharon confided in best friend Michelle Fowler – not realising it was caught on tape – and her husband Grant eventually found out and played it in front of everyone at the Queen Vic.
Syed/Amira/Christian: Syed Masood was engaged to Amira before realising he had feelings for another man, Christian, which he confessed to him on his wedding day.
A devout Muslim, Syed refused to admit his true sexuality and went ahead and married Amira anyway, but when they returned, the two men started an affair before being caught in the act by Amira.
CORONATION STREET
Shelley/Peter/Lucy: Peter Barlow took the concept of a love triangle and ran with it in Coronation Street – extending it to bigamy.
He was in a relationship with Shelley Unwin but started dating Lucy Richards, and quickly married her after she fell pregnant with his son, Simon.
But it didn’t stop him also marrying Shelley, but he was eventually caught when Lucy turned up in Weatherfield and the two women confronted him.
Ken/Deidre/Mike: Back in 1982, Deirdre Barlow started sleeping with her husband’s nemesis Mike Baldwin in secret, before confessing all a year later.
When Mike turned up at the marital home, Deirdre was being throttled by her husband who then kicked her out, but years later they reconciled.
Maria/Aidan/Eva: In 2017, Aidan Connor started sleeping with girlfriend Eva Price’s best friend, Maria Connor.
Eva eventually found out and she decided to take revenge by faking a pregnancy, spending his money and planned to confront him on their wedding day.
But she had a change of heart when a remorseful Aidan confessed, and decided to marry him anyway, only for Maria to arrive and expose her fake pregnancy.
EMMERDALE
Ross/Debbie/Pete: Debbie Dingle found herself torn between two brothers, Ross and Pete Barton in 2015 in Emmerdale.
She eventually decided to marry Pete but yet again, a soap wedding day was ruined when the groom learned of his bride’s betrayal via a recording played at the wedding.
Chrissie/Robert/Aaron: Robert Sugden was married to Chrissie White and all seemed well – until he began a steamy affair with Aaron Dingle.
Robert’s ex Katie Sugden almost exposed the affair – but fell to her death before she had the chance.
However, a guilty Aaron eventually cracked and told Chrissie about the affair – after which she announced it to the whole pub.
Tracie made a brief return as Sharon in 1999, after 15 years away.
She most recently appeared in 2021, working alongside former and brand new castmates.
In this stint, Sharon was revealed as the aunt of drug lord Harvey Gaskell (Will Mellor).
Coronation Street airs on ITV1 and ITVX.
