'Coronation Street's Brooke Vincent 'works in Manchester bar': "I help out every now and then"

Coronation Street actress Brooke Vincent has clarified a report that said she was working in a Greater Manchester wine bar following a spending spree.

The 19-year-old, who plays Sophie Webster in the Weatherfield soap, had been helping out at the White Room in Whitefield and was reportedly paid £6.08 an hour for a seven-hour shift at the family-run bar and restaurant over the weekend.

A source was quoted as telling The Mirror that Vincent claimed she was "glad of the extra cash", but the actress quickly clarified the report on her official Twitter page.

Vincent spoke out about a number of claims made in the piece, writing: "1. My mate was ill so I covered for her!. 2.I didn't used to work there at all I help out every now&then and 3. My mum aint 41! (sic)"

Criticising the report for suggesting that she led a "WAG lifestyle" because she dates Premiership footballer Josh McEachran, she also reminded her followers: "Unless I've told you, shown you or informed you of any sort don't think you know anything!"

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Vincent concluded: "I aint arsed wot people write or say but I will always correct them!!! My job brings me so much happiness but papers making up storys about people they don't even know is just a down fall...

"You need to realise I'm a teenager that is lucky enough to have the job I have and still get the chance to work behind a family friends bar and get away with it!!!"

A Coronation Street spokesperson told the paper that Vincent had been paid for her work but said that she was "helping out a friend", adding: "I can't say that she won't help them out again.

"That's the kind of girl she is - she always looks out for her friends."