CORONATION Street fans have blasted ‘incompetent’ soap writers for a glaring blunder.
During Tuesday’s episode, Dev Alahan was seen pestering daughter Asha to let him throw her and her twin brother Aadi a 19th birthday party.
Dev pulled out a photo of him and late wife Sunita cradling the twins as newborns and told Asha: “I was just rooting around some old photos and look at this one.
“You were about two minutes old there, Aadi is slightly older obviously.
“It’s hard to believe you’re going to be 19 in a few days time. Time flies my little honey bun.”
The throwback pictures were also shared on Coronation Street‘s official X – formerly Twitter account – with the caption: “The Alahan twins turn 19 this week! Who remembers back to when they were born?”
But one eagle-eyed viewer replied: “Clearly not Dev or the incompetent #CoronationStreet writing team, because they were born in 2006… (for those who struggle with maths, they’ll be 18).
“Seriously, if you’re going to goof on the ages of your characters, why draw attention to it with a Tweet like this!?”
Another added: “can you explain how they’re 19 if they were born 18 years ago?”
A third tweeted: “They’re turning 19? 18 years after they were born? How does that work out?”
Meanwhile a fourth shared: “Yep! 2006, wasn’t it? … WAIT A MINUTE!!”
A fellow viewer replied: “They were born in 2006, doesn’t make sense.”
Coronation Street airs on ITV1 and is available on ITVX.
