Free Sally!: Corrie fans threaten to boycott the soap over distressing storyline
Coronation Street viewers were left stunned on Monday evening, when soap stalwart Sally Metcalfe played by Sally Dynevor, was served a shocking prison sentence.
Metcalfe was found guilty of fraud, money laundering and bribery. Sally, who first appeared on the soap in 1986, was tricked while serving as Mayor of Weatherfield into handing a council grant to the devious Duncan, believing him to be running a charity.
Now she is paying the ultimate price for his deception, and Corrie fans are none too happy about it. Echoing the infamous ‘Free Deirdre’ campaign of 1998 when Deirdre Barlow was wrongly imprisoned for fraud, many viewers have criticised the shocking storyline and others are demanding ‘Free Deirdre!’
One asked Corrie if it ‘had lost the plot?’ and demanded Sally’s exoneration immediately.
Have you all lost the dam plot?#itv#FreeSally
Get Sally out of jail ASAP.
It's a pathetic storyline and #Corrie you got this wrong!— Kania McKalliah (@KaniaMcKalliah) November 27, 2018
While another called the entire storyline ‘a joke.’
I know it's just a soap and I shouldn't get so annoyed but this Sally storyline in Corrie is just ridiculous and is actually making me so mad. Just set her free it's a joke!! #freesally #corrie
— Lauren Hughes (@LaurenHughes07) November 26, 2018
Cue the FREE SALLY campaign! Duncan needs to go down!!! #CoronationStreet
— Donna M Sladen📺🎥🎬 (@DonnaSLADEN) November 26, 2018
Several even threatened to boycott the soap all together until the soap character was released from prison.
#Corrie The Sally guilty storyline is so horrible, that I am boycotting Coronation Street until Sally is released!
Great story writing by the scrip writers, but sick and twisted story lines in the name of drama! #sadTV
— Magic Mikey (@mike50004) November 26, 2018
Noooooo sally 😢😢😢 coronation street keeps writin me off
— Soph (@sophxcaprice) November 26, 2018
And a few even called for ‘Free Sally’ T-shirts to be made.
Okay, who wants a T-shirt ;)? #FreeTheWeatherfieldOne #FreeSally #Sally #Corrie #ITVCorrie #ITV @itvcorrie @ITV @sallydynevor pic.twitter.com/MJiji95uhW
— Vitalize Radio (Torfaen) (@VitalizeRadio) November 26, 2018
Right, who's printing the t-shirts??#FreeSally #Corrie
— Vanessa (@VanellyBelly) November 26, 2018
Many couldn’t help but reference the infamous ‘Free Deirdre’ campaign and the fact that the Prime Minister of the time even commented on the storyline. Indeed, PM Tony Blair promised to intervene on behalf of Deirdre Barlow back in 1998. He ordered Home Secretary Jack Straw to ‘look into the case.’
Right you lot, @itvcorrie @wirlygallacher @BrookeLVincent #injustice free Sally Metcalfe, remember the free Deirdre Rachid even the PM got involved, cooommmeee oooonnnn lets be having it…….xxxxxxx🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
— Jo Horton (@johorton1) November 26, 2018
If there's not a "free Sally" campaign I'm going to kick off. It'll be like "free Deirdre" for millenials 😂 #Corrie #freeSally
— Heather Manning (@HeatherM_MUA) November 26, 2018
In Monday night’s heart-wrenching scenes Sally’s troubled sister Gina let her down on the stand when she said she wasn’t 100% sure that Sally wouldn’t cheat on her partner Tim with conman Duncan.
A desperate Sally begged to the jury: “I have never stolen any money. I have never had an affair. I love my husband. I would never cheat on him. He is everything to me!’
But her pleas fell on deaf ears, as she was found guilty on all counts. Her length of sentence has yet to be delivered. Coronation Street bosses have not confirmed or denied whether actress Sally Dynevor will be exiting the show after over 30 years on the soap.
Could Sally be freed in time for Christmas? Surely she won’t spend Christmas Day in the slammer?
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