Coronation Street: 'Hearts will be broken' Jane Danson hints Michelle and Steve will split
CORONATION STREET star Jane Danson has spoken about what is in store for her character Leanne Battersby after Steve McDonald publicly revealed he is the father of her baby.
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Last night, Steve (played by Simon Gregson) told everyone the truth in Nick's Bistro, leaving his wife Michelle (Kym Marsh) devastated.
Now that the secret is out, actress Jane said nothing will be the same again for the four people involved in baby Oliver's life.
"It's not just how Michelle and Steve deal with the news in their relationship, it's Leanne and Steve, and Nick and Leanne, and Michelle and Nick, and all these different people," Jane said in a video interview uploaded to the Coronation Street Facebook page.
"Between Leanne and Nick it opens up this question of 'who is 'The Dad'?' and who is going to play 'The Dad' role in this boy's life and can you both be 'The Dad'? It's certainly going to cause a few broken hearts along the way.
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It's certainly going to cause a few broken hearts
"The only person who's got what they wanted is Leanne with the baby but I wouldn't say she's happily ever after."
In the video, Eva Price (Catherine Tyldesley) is seen calling Leanne a "hypocrite" for lying about the identity of her baby's father.
Jane, who has first joined the soap in 1997, has concluded Eva's assessment about Leanne is a fair one.
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The 38-year-old said: "I've always said this about Leanne, she's a massive hypocrite and she always has been. That's one of her character traits.
"I kind of like that continuity, she's quite sanctimonious. She thinks she's always right but most of the time she isn't."
Coronation Street continues this Monday at 7.30pm on ITV.