 Karen and Steve's (second) wedding in February 2004, ruined by Tracy Barlow's revelation that her daughter Amy Barlow was Steve's love child, received 16.3 million viewers.After the announcement of her departure, Selina Scott of the "Sunday Mail" stated that Suranne Jones had "done as much as any of the ["Coronation Street"] cast to see off the challenge of "EastEnders"".She felt that Suranne Jones had made the "recklessly upwardly-mobile Karen into a genuine character" and was "the only thing that stops Steve 'Mogadon' McDonald becoming a cure for insomnia."