'Coronation Street' Kym Marsh: 'I don't want baby for Michelle'

Coronation Street actress Kym Marsh has said that she does not want character Michelle Connor to have a baby.

The 35-year-old, who returns to the soap tonight after a ten-month break, strenuously denied a recent report claiming that she instructed producers to make her alter ego pregnant.

She told the Radio Times: "I did read somewhere that I'd gone up to the producers and said, 'I want Michelle to have a baby'.

"Let me put people straight on that - I could think of nothing worse! It's lovely to have the baby, but I think it's really important for all parents to keep hold of their own identity and have a little bit of time for themselves."

The former Hear'Say singer earlier expressed her belief that Michelle and departing fiancé Ciaran McCarthy (Keith Duffy) will stay in love.

Coronation Street airs Michelle and Ciaran's return tonight at 8.30pm on ITV1.

Watch a video preview of tonight's Coronation Street episode below: