Coronation Street legend ‘splits’ from husband of 20 years as she ‘departs family home’ | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV

Coronation Street star Wendi Peters has reportedly ended her 20-year marriage with Kenny Linden.

Wendi Peters, who played Cilla Battersby-Brown, has separated from her husband of two decades Kenny Linden and moved out of the family home, it has been claimed.

Kenny has recently registered as blind due to a rare hereditary condition called PXE (pseudoxanthoma elasticum).

Wendi, who is currently starring in BBC soap Doctors, is said to be focussing on her new role in the wake of the split.

An insider said: “Wendi and Kenny were together for a long time and had a mostly happy marriage but grew apart.”

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“Wendi is focusing on her new role in Doctors and looking ahead to the future,” they told The Sun.

Express.co.uk have contacted a representative of Wendi for comment.

Wendi has reportedly moved out of the family home and now lives alone in Hertfordshire, while her daughter Gracie is living with Kenny.

The couple went through seven attempts of IVF over eight years before the actress finally became a mum.

Speaking in 2015, the Coronation Street star revealed the couple were hoping to give Gracie a sibling, but it wasn’t meant to be.

She said: “We did look into adoption after we had our daughter Gracie because she was an IVF baby and it took seven attempts to have her.

“Then we had two more attempts after her to have another child, and then we gave up.

“So we discussed it and we thought about it, but again it was that thing because of the jobs we had – we were both actors at the time – we just thought it wasn’t really something we felt we would be able to give our full attention to.

“You do consider all options, but then we thought instead of worrying about what we haven’t got, let’s enjoy what we have got.

“It took such a long time to have her, let’s just enjoy life with her now,” she added to The Mirror.

Gracie has followed in her mum’s footsteps and is an actress herself, while Kenny was an actor before becoming a sports masseuse.