Coronation Street star Dolly-Rose Campbell has hinted that Gemma Winter's mother Bernie could be returning soon.
Bernie (Jane Hazlegrove) left the cobbles last month after her vigilante efforts to bring evil Kel Hinchley to justice spiralled out of control, leading to an arson attack against Gemma's home.
In Bernie's absence, Gemma has faced personal struggles and the show will be exploring her mental health in future episodes.
Speaking about Gemma's character, Dolly-Rose explained: "She is not massively confident. It is all a front and now she feels more vulnerable than ever.
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"She does have people offering to help her, but she hates asking for help. She doesn't want to admit that she is struggling to get everything done and her mum is not around any more."
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Asked whether Gemma would like to see Bernie back, Dolly-Rose replied: "That is exactly what she needs. Bernie knows her better than anyone and it is going to take someone close to her to recognise what she is going through and that this is more than just struggling with the babies, she does need real help to get through this."
When news of Bernie's departure was revealed last month, a Coronation Street spokesperson told Digital Spy that she'd be back at some point.
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Friday's hour-long Coronation Street episode saw Gemma and Chesney Brown discover that their baby son Aled was born with profound permanent hearing loss in both of his ears.
Discussing the storyline, Dolly-Rose continued: "Aled was the one they were most concerned about. He is smaller than the others and he was the one that was born on the cable car. They had noticed that he didn't react when Ed accidentally set the alarm off and he doesn't wake up when the others cry. They thought he was the calm one.
"When they found out that he has permanent profound hearing loss in both ears, they realised that he had never heard anything since birth and that makes Gemma feel like she has failed him and that she is not capable of providing for him and his extra special needs.
"Gemma doesn't know how to communicate with him and she was treating him the same as the others. She feels guilty about that and also feels guilty thinking that it was something she did wrong during the pregnancy and how he was delivered because they were on the day out. She feels she should have been sensible and not gone on the day out.
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"Obviously none of it is her fault, but you can understand why she feels this way. It would be overwhelming if you had one child and you were getting this diagnosis, but she has three other children and Joseph to care for too.
"Gemma is scared about how they are going to cope and how it will change their lives and what the future will hold for Aled. She is scared about him being left behind.
"She is struggling generally, but she knows deep down she has the capability of caring for the others, but to care for Aled going forward is different and she is worried she won't have the skills to care for a deaf child."
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