Coronation Street’s Audrey Roberts has been in the dark about son Stephen’s murderous antics up until now.
But in tonight’s exciting episode of the soap, everyone starts to suspect Stephen is involved in some pretty dark deeds.
And his devoted mum, Audrey, finds out he’s stolen the equity in her house!
We caught up with Corrie legend Sue Nicholls, who plays Audrey, to find out what she thinks about her alter ego finding out the truth!
Shocks in store!
So is it all a big shock to poor Audrey?
“She hasn’t had any doubts about Stephen at all, that is what is so hard for her hearing all these things that he has supposedly done,” explains Sue.
“She’s so wrapped up with being so proud of him. She has been caught up in the fact that he has led such a glamorous life and she has boasted about him to everyone. How can she possibly believe what people are saying about him? But she has to listen to what Sarah is saying about the equity in the house. Sarah had told her it was a scam when all along she knew Stephen had taken the money and now she has come clean to Audrey, it is very upsetting for her as this is the second time her family have conned her out of money.”
It can’t be easy for Audrey to hear the truth. And it’s even harder when Stephen starts to blame his mum for his bad behaviour – blaming her for giving up him when she had him as a teenager.
“She was very young when she had him and she was forced to give him up by her father and she has regretted it every day of her life, but she had no choice,” Sue tells us. “It wasn’t acceptable to be a single mum in those days. That is why she makes such a fuss of him and in her eyes he can do no wrong. She is trying to make up for what she did. Their relationship is very complex in that respect.”
Money troubles!
Of course it’s not just Stephen’s bad money management that’s got him in trouble. What we all know – but Audrey is yet to discover – is that Stephen is very dangerous.
And in this evening’s episode, the glamorous great granny goes to confront her son.
Confrontation Street!
So what happens when she arrives at the flat to find Stephen in a tussle with Peter Barlow?
“She hears Peter being very aggressive to Stephen and in typical Audrey fashion she tells him to shut up,” explains Sue. “”
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