Corrie's Bruce Jones exposes email ITV sent him revealing Les Battersby will be killed off

icon has revealed his fury over ITV's email confirming Les Battersby will be killed off.

found fame as Les in the , making his debut alongside on-screen wife Janice, played by Vicky Entwistle, and daughters Leanne and Toyah (Jane Danson and ) in 1997, and was a huge hit with fans. Les divorced Janice in 2001, and remarried Cilla Brown (Wendi Peters), but his time on the show came to an end in 2007, when he was involved in a scandal.

Bruce was interviewed by undercover journalist ‘Fake Sheikh’ Mazher Mahmood, and while under the influence of alcohol, he began revealing upcoming storylines on the soap, leading to a showdown with bosses. Les was then written out of Corrie, and while Bruce insisted it was a mutual decision for him to leave, the beloved character never returned to the cobbles.

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Now, it has been confirmed that Les will be killed off, and Bruce was informed of the decision in a blunt email from ITV. He he was furious to read that Les would die off-screen, and took aim at the show as he claimed it had “no storylines” anymore. “I got an email from the casting office saying, Dear Mr Jones, I am sorry to inform you Les Battersby will die in the next few months,” he recalled.

“I read the email and thought, why send me an email like that? Why call me Mr. Jones? Why not call me Bruce? That annoyed me a little bit, but then I felt relieved. Maybe it's time for me to go now,” Bruce said, adding that he’s since had an apology from the press office. He revealed he and his wife watched an episode of recently, but he had to leave the room as he found it unbearable. “I didn't go back until I heard the music at the end. I just couldn't watch it. Where were the storylines? There was no comedy. So no, I'm sorry I couldn't watch it. I went out and I made a cup of coffee.”

Bruce said he has been approached by fans in Manchester who ask him when he’s returning to the soap, and while he’s upset at the decision, he insisted he had “no problems with Coronation Street”. He added: “I had ten great years with them, but they (the viewers) are pretty annoyed about it… I’m sad in one way, but I'm relieved in another. I mean, it's time to let go now, and I'm quite pleased with that.”

The actor said fans “are not happy” with the decision to kill Les off, and he claimed most viewers are “watching the classic” episodes of Corrie instead. Bruce also criticised the decision to have Les and Janice divorce, as he said it marked the end of the famous family. “I love acting and I love working with Vicky Entwistle and the two girls. We actually became a unit. I think the only mistake in my mind that we ever made was splitting Les and Janice. They should never split Les and Janice. I think that was the end of the Battersbys when that happened,” he sadly added.

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