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There is no hard evidence that Julie was refused any request to be part of Betty's funeral on Corrie.

Many people also hoped to see Hilda Ogden return for it but the Corrie team said they didn't want old characters back for the funeral to probably overshadow and detract from the passing of another great Corrie character, namely, Betty.

Julie has herself ruled out returning to Corrie,however if she were to win CBB, do people really believe Corrie producers would not want to try to get her back.
I dare bet if she won CBB,they would be like bees round a honeypot to at least try to get her to agree to just one more even small storyline.

Coronation Street is now a gruelling schedule of recording for the cast now from a decade or so ago,cast members of advancing age have decided to leave for good because of health but also in part due to the punishing recording schedules, such as Bill Tarmey and of course Liz Dawn.

Rita and Emily have virtually only token roles in the street now as storylines,with the exception of Rita's recent wedding to Dennis.
At aged 70 now, Julie Goodyear would likely find it really hard to commit to such a schedule even if they wanted her to.

Times and things change,that is sometimes a sad part of life and TV but inevitably happens.
None of it really makes Julie look like a bad person though,or even a Corrie has been.