Coronation Street's Bethany Platt has had it rough lately (doesn't everyone in soap, though?) and she's going to get another unfortunate setback next week.
Bethany has her eyes on James Bailey, and after some convincing by his father Ed, she asks him out on a date.
The pair then sit down together at a party where she decides to go in for a kiss – except that's when he tells her he's gay. Not the best outcome for Bethany...
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Hopefully the pair can forge a friendship out of this, especially since James trusts Bethany enough to tell her his secret.
James' eventual coming out story is also set to explore the issue of homophobia in football, with producer Iain MacLeod stating: "It won't be your normal coming out story where we see James wrestling with his sexuality.
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"We're quite keen that he knows who he is but has some apprehensiveness about telling his parents, and some apprehensiveness about his teammates finding out.
"When we meet the character he's on the cusp of bigger things football-wise, and is also aware that despite the progress that we've made as a society, in lots of areas, homophobia on the terraces is fairly rampant. He's scared about the reaction."
Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on ITV.
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