BEL MOONEY: I'm leaving my job after 50 years. How will I define who I am now? By Bel Mooney for the Daily Mail Published: 12:00, 6 June 2024 | Updated: 12:06, 6 June 2024 e-mail Our brilliant advice columnist Bel Mooney has answered thousands of readers’ letters over the years. But what if the rich and famous turned to her for peerless advice about their own problems? Each week we invite Bel to look behind the headlines and ponder an imaginary celebrity dilemma that we have made up for her (tongue firmly in cheek).
In turn, Bel will take the letter at face value, just as she does with all those that pour into her famous column each week. She will give an honest answer – so celebrities and politicians, listen up! This week, we imagine what Helen Worth, who plays Coronation Street 's Gail Platt, might write in a letter to Bel. Gail Platt is known to millions as a much-loved character in Coronation Street .
.. but now Helen Worth will be stepping out from behind her character's shadow after fifty years of high drama and some low shenanigans Dear Bel, They say that you shouldn’t let your job define you – but I fear I may have done just that.
For the past 50 years, I have been in the same career as an actress, in the same role in fact. I know that you should move and broaden your horizons, but I couldn’t wrench myself away from the people and street that I became identified with. In that time I’ve taken part in explosive plotlines – from my husband being a serial kil.
