Coronation Street's Lisa George in 'relationship'
It has been reported that former Coronation Street star Lisa George is in a relationship with a financial advisor.
Former Coronation Street star Lisa George is reportedly in a relationship.
The 52-year-old actress - who played Beth Tinker on the ITV soap from 2011 until 2024 - is said to be "thriving" after finding love with financial advisor Martin.
It comes after Lisa underwent an £8,000 invasive Blepharoplasty surgery earlier this year because she felt unhappy with her looks.
A source told The Sun: "Lisa has never looked or felt better – and her love life is thriving.
"She’s having a great time with Martin. It’s still early days, but he’s started attending events with her.
"It’s the first time in ages she’s been happy to have someone by her side. Everyone is delighted for them."
The couple were recently seen together at the Manchester Awards held at Old Trafford Cricket Ground.
The insider's claim comes after Lisa revealed she was hospitalised in 2022 after suffering a terrifying loss of vision at a birthday party for her castmate Katie McGlynn.
Lisa had trouble with her eyesight in 2016, but she had another incident in 2022 that led to a diagnosis of NAION (non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy), which has left her partially blind in one eye and with tunnel vision in the other.
She told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "In 2022, I was out for dinner for Katie McGlynn’s birthday, and the restaurant was dark. I looked at the menu and it was all blurry ...
"It was [really scary]. I remember thinking: 'Something is really wrong.' I phoned the ophthalmologist the next day and was sent to A E and was back in hospital for a week.
"They told me it must’ve been my diabetes; I hadn’t been fully diagnosed with it yet."
Lisa feared that her vision problems would close the curtain on her acting career, but she is delighted that the team at Coronation Street supported her and has since landed roles in other projects.
She said: "When I was on Coronation Street, the only reason many people knew [about my vision problems] was because my script was in font size 16, so they could probably see it from the other side of the set!
"I’m classed as 'visually impaired' now on my Spotlight CV, and that did make me wonder if people maybe wouldn’t want to cast me. But there is better access now for people with all sorts of disabilities so I don’t let it worry me ...
"I really don’t want my eyes to deteriorate anymore. When it first happened, one of my fears was: 'How am I going to work in a theatre if the stage is dark?'
"But I did panto last year and the crew and cast were amazing and made things easy for me ... "
Currently, Lisa can see distances, but she cannot make out writing or numbers.
She said: "I feel like my eyes have stabilised at the moment. I can see distances absolutely fine, but I can’t see writing.
"All writing and numbers are really blurred, so I need glasses for reading, and for driving, I have varifocals, so I can see the SatNav."
