Coronation Street’s Simon Gregson resorts to selling £37 curry night tickets amid ongoing financial woes over £250K loan

Simon Gregson has turned to selling £37 curry night tickets as his financial woes continue.

The 51-year-old Coronation Street star, best known for his role as Steve McDonald in the long-running ITV soap, is paying back a £250,00 loan he received from his production company.

But Simon was left owing HMRC and Coutts bank £165,000 after liquidating Simon Gregson Productions Ltd in 2023 and has been repaying in monthly installments of £1,500 since then.

Now, see SunSimon signed up to chat to fans at the £25-per-person event alongside presenter Paul Cowland.

The event, which takes place in Derby next month, is titled ‘Paul Cowland welcomes the crowd with Simon Gregson.’

Fans will also be able to spend an extra £12 on a curry and drink during the meet and greet.

The 51-year-old Coronation Street star, best known for his role as Steve McDonald, is repaying a £250.00 loan from his production company (pictured on the soap)

An event poster reads: ‘Coronation Street legend and oil chief Simon Gregson is coming to Derby!

‘We chat about his life, his love of cars and his experiences on the pavements. ‘Enjoy laughter, drinks and good food at Great Northern Classics.’

The Daily Mail has contacted Simon’s representative for comment.

This comes after the Daily Mail reported that Simon would be forced to sell his home due to his financial difficulties.

Accordingly Sun A recent report revealed that the soap star had repaid £18,000 in the last 12 months, with the liquidator advising him that the outstanding balance should be paid from the sale of his property after 36 months.

Simon Gregson Productions Ltd also claimed it cost £51,000 to close the form, despite there being a cap of £44,000.

According to the broadcast liquidators, Begbies Taynor said: ‘During the year under review we received £18,000 in respect of an overdrawn Board loan account in accordance with the terms of the settlement agreement.’

‘Due to the balance in the management loan account, we could not complete our tasks during this period. Therefore, the management of the case will continue in the coming period.’

According to The Sun, Simon signed up to chat to fans at the £25-per-person event alongside presenter Paul Cowland. The event, which takes place in Derby next month, is titled ‘Paul Cowland welcomes crowd with Simon Gregson’ (Photo of Simon in 2023)

The Daily Mail has contacted Simon’s representatives for comment.

Last year, amid his financial woes, the actor was forced to deny claims that he had split from wife Emma Gleave, citing a ‘court paperwork error’ as the cause of confusion over the status of their relationship.

It was initially assumed that Simon and Emma had separated after he was referred to as his “estranged spouse” in court documents regarding the repayments.

But the couple reportedly had ‘no idea’ why Emma was listed as Simon’s estranged wife in the report.

A source told Mirror at the time: ‘Simon and Emma have not broken up and are still very much together. ‘Simon has no idea why Emma is listed as ‘estranged partner’ on financial documents.’

The actor first appeared on Corrie in December 1989, aged just 15, and instantly became a household name as millions of viewers tuned in to watch his exploits as tear-jerking teenager Steve McDonald.

Simon has previously admitted on the show that his rise to fame had a detrimental effect on his mental health.

Last year the actor was forced to refute claims that he had split from wife Emma Gleave, citing a “court paperwork error” as the cause of confusion over the status of their relationship (both were filmed in 2010).

Speaking to the YouTube channel DEEP, she talked about the impact that participating in the program had on her at that time and stated that it made her very ‘sad’ to think that her own children were going through what she was going through.

Of his co-star Nicholas Cochrane, who portrayed him and his brother Andy’s rise to fame, he said: ‘We became huge overnight and it was very strange and hard for a young man to calculate. But there was no help!’

Simon said that nowadays, when people are given a role in a series, they sit down and it is explained to them what it means to be on television, and the program informs them about issues such as press attention, fans’ reactions, its impact on families and possible criticisms of the role.

He added: ‘But there was nothing with us. So when we were fifteen years old we were dropped into the middle of the ocean and left to swim to shore.’