Coronation Street star’s exit ‘confirmed’ as he films ‘last few days’ | Soaps

Carl Webster’s days of causing chaos on Coronation Street may be numbered as Jonathan Howard, drops a huge hint about leaving the soap after being accused of ‘spoiling’ their upcoming murder mystery.

The actor, who has played the conniving Corrie baddie since last Spring 2025, has teased that he is filming his final scenes.

He took to Instagram on Thursday to reveal that he is wrapping up filming on the Cobbles before jetting off to America.

The photo featured a beaming Jonathan with a film crew in the background, including the caption ‘Last few days on #Corrie before flying back to the States’

‘It’s time!’

This is not the first time Jonathan Howard has dropped some serious spoilers.

Earlier this year, a flash-forward scene showed Betsy Swain (Sydney Martin) being questioned by police, after discovering the body of someone she knows.

Last Wednesday, Jonathan set the rumour mill ablaze when he shared a cheerful selfie from the soap set posing with Alan Halsall (Tyrone Dobbs), Vinta Morgan (Ronnie Bailey), and Michael Le Vell (Kevin Webster).

The caption read “Sun finally came out to say hello on the cobbles today…”

While the pic might have seemed innocent enough, fans soon put two and two together in the comments and wondered that if Carl Webster is one of the potential murder victims, why is Jonathan still filming?

One fan joked: “Well, I’m guessing Carl doesn’t die!! Spoiler alert lol.”

“Either he doesn’t die or he does but is throwing us off the scent,” said another.

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Jonathan replied: “Maybe some goodbye photos.”

Since arriving in Weatherfield last year, Carl has quickly become one of the soap’s most insidious love-to-hate villains.

Greatest hits include seducing his brother Kevin’s wife Abi Webster (Sally Carman-Duttine) only to do the dirty on her with James Bailey(Jason Callender), putting Tyrone Dobbs in a wheelchair with a reckless hit-and-run, and worst of all, causing the Corriedale crash which killed Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank) then gaslighting Debbie Webster (Sue Devaney) into taking the blame.

With a list of enemies longer than your arm, Carl may seem like a prime target for murder. Would anyone miss him if he was bumped off? Despite his many evil deeds, Coronation Street bosses have attempted to explain Carl’s behaviour and even redeem him by his relationship with Debbie – the woman he thought was his sister, who was later revealed to be his mum.

Even though he takes advantage of her and uses her like a human piggy bank, Carl genuinely cares for Debbie and recent episodes have seen the two grow closer after she was released from prison.

If actor Jonathan Howard is trading Weatherfield for the US of A, it wouldn’t be the first time the actor has jetted across the pond in search of stardom.

Before coming to Corrie, Jonathan starred in Hollywood shows for a decade. In the drama series Kingdom, Jonathan played Nick Jonas’ love interest – and they had a steamy snog. He also featured in the SyFy drama Dominion played a soldier fighting against an army of angels.

Is Hollywood calling Jonathan once more? Is it curtains for Carl?

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