By Conor O’Brien
CORONATION Street star Simon Gregson has been dealt a fresh blow – with his wife forced to close her business amid money woes.
Simon, 50, has played cobbles fan favourite Steve McDonald since debuting in 1989.
For the past two and a half years, his wife Emma has been running village tearooms named Morley Tearooms.
Taking to Instagram, she confirmed the end of her time in the premises.
Emma re-shared a story from the tearooms’ account, which read: “End of Morley Tearooms but the beginning of something even better.
“It’s been a pleasure……
“When we move, we move together. Can’t wait to update and see you all very soon xxx. Em.”
Emma previously took to Facebook and addressed leaving the tearooms behind.
She wrote: “So, it鈥檚 true鈥. My time at the Tea rooms has unfortunately come to an end.
“I decided to leave due to the new lease not suiting my requirements. It was verbally agreed that I stay until the end of summer.”
But she鈥檚 since been told that she needs to leave 鈥渁 lot sooner,鈥 and her final trading day was set for June 29.
She continued: “I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for the outpouring of love I鈥檝e received over the last couple of days. It鈥檚 been extremely humbling and heartwarming to have the support from all of you, you have no idea what it has meant to me.
“I鈥檝e started to take all of your details so I can take you all on my new adventure which will be bigger and better and just down the road. So this is not the end, and this certainly isn鈥檛 goodbye.
“I hope you鈥檒l all follow me onto this next exciting project which I鈥檒l update you all on soon. In the meantime, I hope to see you all in the next couple of weeks.”
Earlier this year, it was revealed that Simon was being investigated over the collapse of his production firm, which saw him owing 拢165,000 to the tax office and a bank.
Liquidators called in to break up Simon Gregson Productions Ltd filed a report on the soap star’s conduct to the Government.
They demanded repayment of 拢252,000 taken from the firm’s coffers and paid into a separate account controlled by the actor – and number crunchers working on the liquidation concluded in official papers there were no further avenues to go down to reclaim the actor’s debt.
The soap favourite faced losing his house over the closure of his company.
Elsewhere, Simon鈥檚 side-hustle was revealed, with the soap favourite getting extra cash flow through Cameo.
Cameo allows Simon to send personalised video messages to his fans, whether it be for a birthday or anniversary.
And he鈥檚 charging 拢37.50-per-video on the platform, which says fans will: 鈥淗ave the chance to customize your request for Simon Gregson, like asking them to mention inside jokes, share words of wisdom, or work in their signature catchphrases.鈥
Coronation Street airs on ITV1 and ITVX.