Coronation Street spoilers: Rita Tanner sparks UK PANIC as tragedy strikes soap heroine
CORONATION STREET viewers were horrified tonight as Rita Tanner’s health problems took another tragic turn.
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The soap matriarch appears to be suffering from the early stages of dementia and during Eva Price (played by Catherine Tyldesley) and Jenny Bradley’s (Sally Ann Matthews) joint hen do, she collapsed.
After being confronted by Gemma Winter (Dolly-Rose Campbell) over her erratic behaviour, Rita (Barbara Knox) lashed out, claiming her nearest and dearest were trying make her look “dotty”.
Gemma told Rita that she’d written out four cheques throughout the course of the night, which left her bewildered.
“No I didn’t,” she snapped. “You’re messing with my head. You’re tying to make out that I’m dotty.”
Rita Sullivan collapses in Coronation Street
You’re tying to make out that I’m dotty
Following the heated row, Rita collapsed leaving Jenny petrified while the remaining guests watched on in horror.
Naturally, viewers at home flooded Twitter with concerned posts.
“This Rita storyline is breaking my heart,” cried one audience member, while another gasped: “Seeing Rita like this is killing me!”
Gemma Winter and Rosie Webster in Coronation Street
Rita Sullivan lashed out at Gemma in Coronation Street
A third sobbed: “#corrie I'm crying at Rita. I love her like my own Nana.”
Even Coronation Street star Sally Ann Matthews, who stars as Jenny Bradley in the ITV soap, wrote: “I think we could all do with a group hug. Bring it in tweeps x #Rita #Corrie.”
Coronation Street continues Monday at 7.30pm on ITV.