Coronation Street’s Stephanie Davis will reportedly leave the popular ITV soap just a few months after making her debut as Courtney Vance.
The show’s boss, Iain MacLeod, has hinted at what’s next for Courtney after Wednesday’s (November 1) dramatic episode. In the latest episode, Aadi Alahan (Adam Hussain) was left reeling from a shocking revelation about Courtney. Fans will remember that Aadi and Courtney had an affair earlier this year, which ended dramatically when Courtney’s husband, Darren Vance (Ryan Early), filed for divorce. Meanwhile, Aadi’s dad, Dev Alahan (Jimmi Harkishin), was upset with his son as the affair could have jeopardised a big business deal.
In recent scenes, Aadi was celebrating his new job at Freshco and invited his sister, Asha Alahan (Tanisha Gorey) and Nina Lucas (Mollie Gallagher) for afternoon tea. Courtney pretended to be excited but didn’t show up, leaving Aadi and Nina alone.
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The situation worsened when Darren arrived unexpectedly with news from Courtney. He explained that he and Courtney were trying to save their marriage, and he came to collect her things. A heartbroken Aadi was in disbelief and even more upset when he realised Courtney had blocked his number.
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Aadi, who pleaded with Nina to keep their secret as he couldn’t bear the embarrassment, was later found alone in the flat. In his frustration, he smashed a photo of him and Courtney, accidentally knocking over the carbon monoxide alarm. With Courtney’s future on the cobbles uncertain, ITV soap boss Iain gave a hint about what’s to come.
Chatting with the press, including the Mirror, about upcoming storylines, he said: “I should say, I love Steph [Davis, who plays Courtney]. And I love Courtney! I think she’s just been a big, colourful glitter bomb that’s gone off in the middle of that storyline. But the long-term direction for Aadi is Amy Barlow. So what Courtney’s role, if any, might be going forward, I don’t know definitively, but I don’t see her and Aadi as being the forever couple.”
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This comes after The Sun reported that Stephanie’s stint as Courtney on the cobbles has ended. An insider told the paper: “Naturally she’d hoped that maneater Courtney could stick around for a good few years but bosses feel like the story arc is complete – she’s not being killed off, though, so there’s no reason why Courtney couldn’t one day return and the door remains open to Steph.”
Aadi might soon find solace from his heartbreak as Coronation Street is planning a romance between him and Amy Barlow. Earlier this year, Amy was involved in a distressing storyline where she was sexually assaulted by Aaron Sandford. After her ordeal, Amy found comfort with her friend, Aadi, and Iain hinted at a potential love story between the two.
Iain said: “Amy, despite outward appearances, is profoundly affected by what happened as she will be for the rest of her life. So there’s another chapter of this. We wanted this chapter to be a final catharsis that doesn’t allow Amy to move on exactly, because I don’t know that you ever can. But it allows her to enter a different chapter of her reaction to what went on.”
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“Amy will find herself driven to some fairly extreme lengths, in what she sees as an attempt to right some wrongs. She feels that she’s acting in an entirely justified way. But it will fall to one of her friends to pull her back from the brink before she criminalises herself essentially, in a pursuit of what she believes to be a just outcome.”
Iain added: “Indeed, this story is a really significant staging post in our ongoing fostering of this closeness between Aadi and Amy. It’s them being best friends and having each other’s back, come what may. It’s a really, really long-range love story that we’re hoping to tell with them. It’s going to really engage the audience.”
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