Inside Coronation Street Tracy Barlow’s exit and hopes for her return

Tracy Barlow left Coronation Street earlier this year after she decided to move to Spain to be with her lover Tommy Orpington – but will she ever return?

**Tracy has left the cobbles (Image: ITV)**

Unexpectedly, Kate Ford’s Tracy Barlow from ITV Coronation Street quit the serial opera. Steve McDonald was devastated when Tracy chose to leave Weatherfield earlier this year to go live in Spain with her boyfriend Tommy Orpington. He struggled to adjust to life without Tracy.

Contrary to her conviction that Tommy wanted no further contact with her, Tracy claimed that she needed to be with Tommy after learning that Steve had lied about Tommy reaching out to her.

Tracy left because she decided to follow her love, relocating to Spain with Tommy Orpington and leaving Steve behind. She made an effort to patch things up with Steve at first, but she eventually admitted that she was never able to forgive him for withholding Tommy’s letter from her.

The Mirror claims that as a result, she and Tommy were reunited and eventually relocated to Spain.

**At first, Tracy and Tommy were having an affair. (Photo: ITV)**

With the exception of Steve, she said goodbye to her loved ones and started a new life in Spain. Will Steve find love again with someone else, or will Tracy and Tommy’s romance last?

Fans, however, are anticipating Tracy to make a comeback, even though it is still unknown whether Kate Ford will reprise her role as Tracy Barlow. Although ITV has not officially confirmed whether or not Tracy is no longer on television, fans are hoping for a return.

Her future on the cobbles and her new romance are still up in the air.

**Tracy’s return is not confirmed just yet (Image: ITV)**

After Tracy leaves, Steve plans to use online dating to find love somewhere else. He’s going on a lot of dates this week, some of which are going to be more successful than others, especially if he takes a few pals along.

Steve may be going through a full-blown midlife crisis; we could show him going to the gym, losing weight, or altering his look. “I think it would be great if we saw Steve having to go down the route of speed dating, online dating,” he said. It may be a lot of fun and a fantastic justification for me to alter certain things in my actual life.

Whether Steve finds love with a newbie or a known face doesn’t seem to bother Simon. Finally, he said, “I believe anybody can accomplish it. Steve would consider himself blessed to have anybody in his life right now! … Although he understands Tracy’s attraction to Tommy, he can’t help but be angry that his hero has treated him badly. I believe that he hasn’t really put everything together yet since there is so much going on at once.”