Coronation Street’s been pretty dark recently, with killer Phelan striking again. But there was a rare moment of light relief in last night’s episode when Eileen Grimshaw declared her dislike of a real-life TV presenter.
As Eileen got ready for work in the morning, Phelan was thumping about in the back yard – getting rid of the evidence from his latest murderous escapade.
Cross about the noise, Eileen sighed.
“I get enough of a headache from Piers Morgan,” she whinged to Seb.
It was a welcome moment of humour in a really dark episode that saw jumpy Seb work out that Phelan murdered Luke, and the penny finally (FINALLY!) drop for gullible Eileen.
And the viewers loved it!
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“Ha, even Eileen isn’t a @piersmorgan morning fan,” said one viewer. “You are not the first,” said another, drily.
And Eileen got a lot of love for admitting her feelings about the GMB presenter.
“Eileen is an icon,” said one. While another invented a hashtag especially for the moment, writing: “#eileenisaledge”
And one viewer even dropped Eileen in it with the man himself, tweeting Piers to let him know.
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“Eileen Grimshaw has just said on #Corrie that you give her a headache,” the fan wrote.
“She did??” said Piers.
We hate to break it to you, Piers, but we’re all on Eileen’s side!