Coronation Street star Sue Nicholls has talked about the upcoming plot which will see her character Audrey confess that she tried to take her own life.
Viewers saw Audrey in hospital last month, having taking too many sleeping pills, something she passed off as an accident.
Audrey sticks to her story when she sees her GP in this week’s episodes, but next week will finally see her reveal the truth.
When Audrey has lunch with her friends Roy, Rita, Claudia and Ken next week, she’ll confide that the overdose was in fact a suicide attempt.
Lonely times for Audrey
Corrie star Sue Nicholls, who has played Audrey for over 40 years years, explained: “Audrey is very sorry for what she has done and certainly her first reaction was to keep it from her family.
“Family do, and will always, mean so much to her despite the sniping now and again.
“Her family are busy with their own lives,” Sue continues. “They see her down and upset moments as her not being able to cope with the real world and she feels they have started treating her a bit like a child and she started to feel depressed.”
“She is mostly very healthy and together but her depression seemed to take over totally.”
We saw Audrey drinking too much, to her family’s concern. But they didn’t realise she was using it to mask her depression.
You’ve got a friend
Audrey will tell her friends the details of how a neighbour raised the alarm when they noticed something was wrong and called an ambulance.
She’ll admit that she kept her true feelings hidden. As the group of friends discuss growing older, Audrey will tell how she misses her late husband Alfie and has been feeling useless and depressed, turning to drink as a result.
Sue says: “Once she was able to speak with her friends, and they then opened up about their struggles, she realised how much they had helped her immensely regarding her problems.”
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