CORONATION Street star has shared her fears for her character over upcoming scenes with her fiancé Joel. Channique Sterling-Brown ’s character Dee-Dee Bailey is currently unaware of Joel Deering’s (Calum Lill) secret life. 4 Channique Sterling-Brown has opened her about fears over Dee-Dee and Joel storyline Credit: ITV 4 The Corrie star has revealed her character has started to get suspicious of Joel Credit: ITV 4 Dee-Dee and Joel got engaged earlier this year Credit: ITV In scenes set to air on ITV next week, Dee-Dee will finally uncover Joel’s lies.
As Corrie fans know, Joel has been spinning a web of lies for months after he started a sexual relationship with Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton). He often gave her money for her food and bills, but expected sex in return. When Lauren tried to stand up to Joel, he attacked her and left her for dead.
After weeks away lying low, Lauren returned and revealed she was pregnant with Joel’s baby. READ MORE ON CORONATION STREET TROUBLE AHEAD Cassie Plummer in danger as she clashes with dangerous Corrie murderer corrie blimey! Coronation Street star breaks his silence as he confirms soap exit Desperate to keep his actions hidden from Dee-Dee, Joel is putting Lauren up in his old flat and planning for her to move to Belfast. But it was all a lie as abusive he then enacted a new plan to make Lauren lose the baby which resulted in premature labour .
Thankfully it seems Joel's abuse won’t stay hidden much longer as his ex-wife reveals to Dee-Dee that he’s still paying rent on his old flat. Lauren also tells Dee-Dee she’s planning to move to Belfast, which matches a notification for a flight on Joel’s phone, which will lead Dee-Dee to confront her fiancé next week. Soap star Channique has opened up about working on the storyline behind-the-scenes, admitting that she doesn’t want her character “to look stupid" while also portraying the realities of being manipulated by a partner.
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“As abusers and narcissists like Joel do, they ensure they have completely sold a different version of who they really are and that was really important for me to portray.” Now Dee-Dee is starting to see through Joel’s deception. Ahead of the confrontation next week, Dee-Dee lets herself into Joel’s flat with a set of keys that she finds in his open briefcase and begins playing detective, discovering a jewellery receipt there.
Best soap affair love triangles LOVE triangles are a fundamental part of soap-land, but which ones have become the most iconic? EASTENDERS Bradley/Stacey/Max: Stacey Slater began an affair with boyfriend Bradley Branning's dad Max in 2007. Despite their romps, Stacey still married Bradley, but their deceit came out in an iconic Christmas Day episode that year. Grant/Sharon/Phil: Heading even further back in Walford history, EastEnders fans were gripped in the 90s as Sharon Watts had a one-night stand with her brother-in-law Phil Mitchell.
Sharon confided in best friend Michelle Fowler - not realising it was caught on tape - and her husband Grant eventually found out and played it in front of everyone at the Queen Vic. Syed/Amira/Christian : Syed Masood was engaged to Amira before realising he had feelings for another man, Christian, which he confessed to him on his wedding day. A devout Muslim, Syed refused to admit his true sexuality and went ahead and married Amira anyway, but when they returned, the two men started an affair before being caught in the act by Amira.
CORONATION STREET Shelley/Peter/Lucy: Peter Barlow took the concept of a love triangle and ran with it in Coronation Street - extending it to bigamy. He was in a relationship with Shelley Unwin but started dating Lucy Richards, and quickly married her after she fell pregnant with his son, Simon. But it didn't stop him also marrying Shelley, but he was eventually caught when Lucy turned up in Weatherfield and the two women confronted him.
Ken/Deidre/Mike: Back in 1982, Deirdre Barlow started sleeping with her husband's nemesis Mike Baldwin in secret, before confessing all a year later. When Mike turned up at the marital home, Deirdre was being throttled by her husband who then kicked her out, but years later they reconciled. Maria/Aidan/Eva : In 2017, Aidan Connor started sleeping with girlfriend Eva Price's best friend, Maria Connor.
Eva eventually found out and she decided to take revenge by faking a pregnancy, spending his money and planned to confront him on their wedding day. But she had a change of heart when a remorseful Aidan confessed, and decided to marry him anyway, only for Maria to arrive and expose her fake pregnancy. EMMERDALE Ross/Debbie/Pete: Debbie Dingle found herself torn between two brothers, Ross and Pete Barton in 2015 in Emmerdale.
She eventually decided to marry Pete but yet again, a soap wedding day was ruined when the groom learned of his bride's betrayal via a recording played at the wedding. Chrissie/Robert/Aaron: Robert Sugden was married to Chrissie White and all seemed well - until he began a steamy affair with Aaron Dingle. Robert's ex Katie Sugden almost exposed the affair - but fell to her death before she had the chance.
However, a guilty Aaron eventually cracked and told Chrissie about the affair - after which she announced it to the whole pub. After more tough conversations with Emily, which contradict Joel’s story that he bought the bracelet for his daughter Maeve, Dee-Dee becomes convinced that her fiancé is having an affair - but little does she know it's so much more. Dee-Dee is finally starting to uncover the truth about Joel, but will he continue to spin his web of lies? 4 Dee-Dee will confront Joel with her suspicions next week Credit: ITV Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX.
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