Coronation Street spoiler: Bethany Platt to collapse in diet pill drama
BETHANY PLATT is set to suffer a shock collapse on Coronation Street when she is repeatedly teased about her weight and she turns to diet pills.
The teenager is currently dealing with school bullies who have taunted her about her weight, leading her to make some drastic changes.
In response to the cruel remarks from bully Lauren, she has joined a gym to try and lose weight.
But her behaviour is set to spiral out of control as she over-exercises and begins to take diet pills, which have devastating results.
Speaking about Bethany's ordeal, producer Kate Oates revealed: "Because of the bullying, Bethany is a teenage girl feeling out of control of her life, which is something that a lot of people can relate to.
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"But Bethany's way of managing that is to take diet pills and over exercise."
She told Radio Times: "This is going to be a slow-burn storyline that we're going to play quite gently over a fair period of time.
"We want to play it truthfully because it's something that people are going through in real life."
When Bethany collapses, Gary Windass will come to the youngster's rescue by warning the headmaster at her school if he doesn't stop the bullying, he will take legal action.
But while Gary is simply trying to look out for Bethany, it seems she may get the wrong idea about his good intentions.
She revealed: "They're quite harrowing. It's upsetting to think that happens in real life.
"There was one scene where I was crying for real and it took me ages to stop."
Coronation Street continues tomorrow on ITV at 7.30pm.