Coronation Street fans have been left fuming at the soap’s ‘most controversial storyline.’
This week the soap kicked off its most controversial storyline ever. During Tuesday’s episode (April 24) Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) admitted she buried a stillborn baby in the park over 20 years ago.
The baby’s father was Phil Simmonds (Jack Deam) who raped her in 2001. The assault, and its aftermath, was a storyline that played out on Coronation Street at the time.
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At first, the cops thought it was Peter Barlow, who refused to partake in a DNA test.However, when Phil went round to Toyah’s house for a visit, the way he shouted triggered a memory. And the popular character remembered exactly what had happened.
Police subsequently discovered that his DNA matched that of the rapist. Phil was sent to Strangeways, where, after a long stint of denial, he confessed to his awful crime.
23 years on and during Tuesday’s episode (April 24) Toyah admitted to Nick (Ben Price) that she got pregnant from Phil’s assault. The soap alum also confessed to burying the stillborn at a park.
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In emotional scenes, she revealed she only found out she was pregnant when she started having “contractions.” What’s more, Toyah also shared how the night she gave birth mum Janice and dad were out at the Bingo before coming home and rowing.
However fans are not impressed with the soap and the new narrative. On X, formerly known as Twitter, one person said: “Toyah’s storyline makes ZERO sense.”
Someone else added: “I have no words with this new Toyah storyline it’s horrible!” A third fumed: “Why are they only bringing this up now? Very bad taste.”
Another chimed in on the social media platform and added: “Ridiculous storyline! I’m turning over. Didn’t think the Corrie writers could get any worse.” A fifth penned: “99% of viewers didn’t want this storyline to go ahead.”
However other fans praised the stars for their acting. One said: “this toyah storyline is absolutely shocking but georgia is playing it so well. such a devastating storyline but already it has been performed with care and compassion.” A second wrote: “Can’t fault the acting from this Toyah storyline, though.”
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