Breaking news: Corrie has gone meta.
Eagle-eyed soap fans were quick to spot a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it telly crossover moment on last night’s episode of Coronation Street.
In one scene, the character of Liz McDonald is seen sitting back watching TV – while chugging a glass of red wine, as you do in the middle of a weekday – and the programme she’s watching is daytime panel show Loose Women.
When @loosewomen is on and someone interrupts… 😂#Corrie #ThursdayThoughts #Unforgivable pic.twitter.com/IaWmzlUAaC
— Coronation Street (@itvcorrie) September 1, 2016
Corrie and Loose Women are both ITV shows, which is strange enough already. But it gets even weirder.
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Beverley Callard, the actress who plays Liz, has herself been a guest panellist on Loose Women in the past.
Let’s just take a second to grasp the Inception-like weirdness of that.
Liz MacDonald watching 'Loose Women' on Coronation Street when she's a Loose Woman in real life is so odd pic.twitter.com/Z5cdRTe9W9
— Jack (@jhrot) August 31, 2016
This intrusion of our real world into Corrie’s fictional one can set the mind off on a real trip: for instance, does this mean Liz also watches other soaps, like EastEnders? Is there even a way, in this mad topsy turvy universe, that she watches Coronation Street?!
ALSO: Loose panellist Sherrie Hewson was once a Corrie regular herself, playing Maureen Webster.
Which means Liz would have known Maureen: does Liz then recognise Sherri on Loose Women?!
Ow, my head.
@loosewomen Liz McDonald watching loose women @RuthieeL @LindaRobson58 @The_Real_JSP pic.twitter.com/inEVDOCzqA
— chlöe (@chloerich_xox) August 31, 2016
Or maybe it’s just a new ITV approach to cross-promote shows? Maybe Rita will be shown watching The X Factor next?
The Loose Women loved the joke at any rate, as they would.
Haha! Did you see this last night? https://t.co/IOJMdK9L46
— Loose Women (@loosewomen) September 1, 2016
