CORONATION Street star Alex Bain has split from his student fiancée Mollie Lockwood just six months after announcing their engagement.
The actor, 21, who has played Simon Barlow on the ITV soap for 15 years, parted ways with 19-year-old aspiring actress last month.
The couple had been dating for three years.
Alex Bain and Mollie Lockwood have split up six months after getting engaged
Alex plays Simon Barlow in Corrie
An insider reveals: “They’re gutted the relationship didn’t work out, but they’re both so young it’s hard to make such a big commitment early on in their lives. Their mates have rallied around to support them and keep them busy. Simon is focused on the soap and getting stuck into storylines and his role.”
Speaking about the engagement last year in a glossy magazine shoot Alex, who has a four-year-old daughter Lydia-Rose with ex girlfriend Levi Selby, 21, said: “I thought, ‘If I don’t do it now, I’ll keep getting more and more nervous’.
“I was pretty certain she’d say, ‘Yes’, but I was still bricking it. I can’t spend my life with anyone else.
“My parents married really young. They’ve always said to me that it seems like I’ve finally found someone I have a real connection with. “My mum, especially, claims she knew Mollie was for me when she first met her.”
Mollie told OK!: “My parents are so happy for us.They’re really glad that I’m with Alex. And they couldn’t really say anything about us being too young, because my mum got engaged to my dad when she was only 17. So I’m already older than she was.”
Corrie fans have watched Alex grow up on the nation’s most famous street, having played Simon since 2008, aged six.
Opening up about how Mollie had helped him with his mental health he said in 2021: “I have struggled with mental health — I’m open about it, I talk about it all the time — but I’ve been through some dark times, and I think if I didn’t stick at the job I’m in now, I would’ve been lost.
“Corrie has kept me going. My family has kept me going, and having a daughter as well, that keeps me going, so it gives me something to do. I’ve got a wonderful girlfriend, her name’s Molly, and she’s always been there for me, because she’s struggled as well, she’s a performer too.
“My family has been great — they’ve always looked after me. They always said: “You do you, you go your own lane. Don’t listen to what people say, because they’re the people who are jealous of what you’ve got.
“It has been a struggle over the years, but I think now I’m on the up!”
The couple are said to be ‘gutted’ by the split
