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Coronation Street’s Channique Sterling-Brown responds to Joel’s shocking revelation

Coronation Street’s Channique Sterling-Brown responds to Joel’s shocking revelation

Coronation Street Star Channique Sterling-Brown has responded to the revelation that her character Dee-Dee Bailey’s boyfriend is Lauren Bolton’s mystery attacker.

During a special week of episodes, it was finally revealed that Joel Deering was Lauren’s secret boyfriend and responsible for her disappearance.

Talk to Hello Great Britain Yesterday (May 31), Channique and Calum Lill, who plays Joel, spoke about the discovery.

On what this means for Dee-Dee, Channique said: “The problem is for Dee-Dee at the moment, she’s completely unaware of it, and so is the rest of Weatherfield. And she’s in love with this man , and he is in love with her too.

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“And so, I think, that’s the version that’s being presented that she absolutely accepts. Why would she think any differently? But obviously, as is the case in reality, what’s in the dark always appears in the dark. big day. So it will be a very interesting trip.”

As for whether Dee-Dee has any concerns or suspicions about her partner, Channique added: “Dee-Dee has no idea. She’s absolutely oblivious, because why would she have suspicions?

“So for us, it’s been such a fun journey because we always knew where this was going. And it’s going to be really awesome for the audience to know who Joel really is. But how that will be revealed to Dee. -Dee stays to have.”

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Channique and Calum also spoke about how people reacted to the big reveal, with Calum saying he watched the episode in question with his grandmother, who is a big Corrie fan.

“I went to my grandmother’s house and watched it with her,” he said. “She couldn’t believe it. I don’t think she can look at me the same way again. She looked at me sideways and said ‘my grandson is a murderer’.”

Channique added: “It’s been a huge week for Corrie…but yeah, last night (people were saying) ‘run Dee-Dee’ and ‘you’re going to be next’.”

Next week at Coronation StreetJoel will propose to Dee-Dee, but will she say yes?

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