Coronation Street star Rob Mallard and his boyfriend Matthew Martin have reportedly split after almost four years together. The pair, who went public with their romance at the British Soap Awards in 2023, have now unfollowed one another on Instagram.
Rob, who plays Daniel Osborne on the ITV soap, has also wiped all images of Matt from his social media page. Matt, who once appeared on Coronation Street as a policeman, has removed almost all photos of Rob from his Instagram. All that remains is a family picture shared in March 2024, which features Rob.
Prior to dating modelling agent Matt, Rob dated former Corrie co-star Daniel Brocklebank for nearly a year before they went their separate ways in 2018. However, the pair have remained on friendly terms.
The actor publicly came out as gay in 2017 and revealed that he never planned to hide his sexuality. Speaking to Gay Times, the actor said: "I never planned to keep it quiet that I was gay. The only concern I had at first was if I'm with a female character, will an audience who knows I'm gay in real life believe it?"
"But that was just my own fears because I do believe they will." Rob had a stress-free experience when he came out to his friends and family at the age of 17, with them immediately accepting him and showing their support. He added: "I was very fortunate, I had a very non-plussed family, and it's become the subject of warm, friendly general humour over the years."
In the same year that Rob went public with his relationship with Matthew, he opened up about his "worsening" essential tremor. Rob was diagnosed with the condition at the age of 14 but was left perplexed when medical staff said "there's nothing really that we can do for it", while he explained his diagnosis was "very blasé".
He told the Mirror: "There are sort of certain medications that can be prescribed to treat some of the symptoms such as beta-blockers," and if he needed them, to return to his GP. Rob added: "The actual implications of having a lifelong illness that can get quite serious didn't really hit me until probably my late teens, early twenties."
Daily Star has approached Rob's representative for comment. Another representative for Rob declined to comment.
