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Coronation Street star Charlotte Jordan has defended her character Daisy Midgeley, after her affair was recently exposed.
In Wednesday’s (December 13) episode, Daisy finally confessed to partner Daniel Osbourne that she slept with Ryan Connor, before Daniel admitted he already knew and had sabotaged Ryan’s job interview as revenge.
Ex-partners Daisy and Ryan’s attraction reignited after he came to her defence when Justin threw acid at her earlier this year, with Ryan bearing the brunt of the attack and being left with horrific facial injuries.
While some of Daisy’s recent actions, including her infidelity, have been questionable to viewers, actor Jordan thinks that the impact of her own stalking ordeal hasn’t yet been explored by the show.
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She said: "I really hope people haven’t forgotten that Daisy is also deeply traumatised from the whole Justin saga and hasn’t processed much of it herself as she’s focused all her energy onto Ryan’s recovery. On screen, we haven’t really touched on her own.
"Hopefully people remember she isn’t the straight-up bad guy in this love triangle. It’s more complex and layered than that."
Jordan also explained that Daisy will be "in a lot of pain" following the break-up.
"In Daisy fashion, she masks her true feelings with a face full of make-up and witty remarks, but she is heartbroken," she said. "Fresh out of the break-up with Daniel, I think she’s still hoping for a reconciliation.
"They’ve always had such a fiery relationship, and now she’s left hoping and praying once he’s had a bit of time to take the initial sting away, she can convince him to make another go of it."
With her relationship on the rocks, in next week’s episodes Daisy resorts to theft in order to try and save another aspect of her life – The Rovers.
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She breaks into the Platts’ house to search for the late Stephen Reid’s journal, in a bid to get her hands on a cut of the stolen factory money and use it to save the closed pub.
Daisy’s complicated love triangle looks set to become a square, with Daniel’s former flame Bethany Platt arriving back on the cobbles later this month.
Bethany, played by Lucy Fallon, left Weatherfield back in 2020 to pursue a career as a journalist in London.
The show will revisit Bethany and Daniel’s relationship on her return, with the pair even spending the night together when she appears on New Year’s Eve, and there are sure to be some iconic clashes with Daisy on the horizon.
Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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