Loved-up Max Bowden says he’s ‘grateful’ as he takes relationship with Coronation Street’s Katie McGlynn to next level

A LOVED-UP Max Bowden has taken his relationship with Coronation Street’s Katie McGlynn to the next level after they secretly got back together earlier this year. The Sun exclusively revealed back in April that Max, who played Ben Mitchell in EastEnders until 2024, had reunited with Katie, 33. Max Bowden and Katie McGlynn have hard-launched their romance after keeping it under wraps for months Credit: Instagram/ @bowden5 Max shared a string of loved-up snaps with Katie Credit: Instagram/ @bowden5 The couple had a brief romance while starring together in touring play Murder at Midnight and were pictured snogging in the street before splitting in December last year. But now Max, 31, has hard-launched his reunion with Katie – who played Sinead Tinker in Corrie until 2020. Sign up for the Coronation Street newsletter Thank you! Taking to Instagram, the soap star shared a string of snaps from over the summer. One picture saw the couple cosied up on a night out as they posed with their tongues sticking out. And another showed Katie all glammed up and beaming as Max had his arm around her. He captioned the snaps: “Little end of summer dump. So grateful for the beautiful people in my life right now. “Not missing the sun much anyway.” “Fun to look at what the Barnet was like three months ago,” he added after getting a hair transplant back in June. Most read in TV Max and Katie had a brief romance last year before splitting up Credit: Shutterstock Max Bowden played Ben Mitchell in EastEnders before leaving the show in 2024 Credit: BBC Katie wrote in the comments: “What a lovely dump,” followed by a red love heart emoji. One fan penned: “Just love seeing you so happy.” “You’re glowing with happiness Max,” said another. Katie finally hard-launched Max on her Instagram at the start of September, sharing a series of pictures from Manchester Pride. When The Sun confirmed their reunion in April, a source told us: “Katie and Max had a whirlwind romance last year but sadly things didn’t work out. “They remained friends and over the last couple weeks decided to give things another go. “There was a lot of attention on their relationship so they were hoping to keep things private this time around.” Comment now