Coronation Street's Sally Ann Matthews slams 'brainless idiots' after fireworks let off at 2am in Salford Quays
Coronation Street actress Sally Ann Matthews has slammed 'brainless idiots' who let off fireworks at Salford Quays in the early hours of Tuesday morning .
Sally Ann Matthews, who plays Jenny Bradley in the soap, later shared a picture of an empty fireworks box, labelled 'World Destroyer' that had been discarded outside the ITV studios, writing: "And the brainless idiots didn’t take their litter home."She went on to disclose in a separate tweet that she had needed to catch up on her sleep afterwards.
She said: "The fireworks were set off just outside the ITV building in MediaCityUK, next to the Coronation Street set. I'm not too sure who set them off, but whoever it was it woke both me and my boyfriend up at 2am. "I could see a lot of people looking from their windows and some people stepped out onto their balconies. I assume they were all woken up too."
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