'Coronation Street' star Graeme Hawley paid an emotional tribute to his co-star Jennie McAlpine at his going away party in Manchester.
Hawley, who plays killer John Stape, is leaving the show after four years.
The Mirror reports that he "choked back tears" at the goodbye party for him and another departing star, Craig Gazey, who plays Graeme Proctor.
Hawley told his "teary-eyed" co-star McAlpine, who plays his wife Fiz: "I couldn’t have done it without you."
A guest at the function in a Manchester bar said: "Everyone had a lump in their throat as Graeme told Jennie she'd been his rock. He also told us: 'I love you all'.
"He doesn't know what the future holds and said: 'If it has to be the dole, the dole it is. But if it's bigger things they will not beat the years I have had with you guys'."
It is reported that Hawley's character will be written out of the show in a kidnap storyline.
