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Coronation Street star Lucy Fallon has revealed that her character Bethany Platt will betray Daniel Osbourne in a surprising new storyline.
The ITV soap has confirmed that Bethany is struggling financially following a tough time when she was away in London – and she gets desperate to resolve the situation in next week's episodes.
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When Bethany discovers more details of Daniel's complicated history with Daisy Midgeley and Ryan Connor, she realises that it's the perfect story to sell to gossip magazine Chit Chat.
Bethany makes this decision after being unable to find journalism work anywhere else, including at the local Weatherfield Gazette newspaper.
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Discussing the new story, Lucy explained: "I think Bethany feels a lot of pressure, because she had gone away to London to make something of herself, got a good job while she was there and now she's lost it all.
"I think she's come back and wasn't expecting to stay, but then realises she has to because she has no money and has to live with her mum rent free. I think it's more the embarrassment of it, she wants everyone to be proud of her and think that she's doing really well.
"Her family have also been through a lot over the past couple of months so she doesn't want to burden them with this too."
Asked whether Bethany's main motive is to make money or humiliate Daisy over her infidelity, Lucy replied: "I think it's a bit of both. I feel like Bethany's initially doing it innocently out of absolute desperation, but also because she's so intrigued by all of this to do with Daisy.
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"Daisy and Bethany hate each other and there's obviously a lot of stuff coming up where they are at each other, so I do think subconsciously, Bethany is a little bit obsessed with the story behind Daisy and Daniel. Although I do think in Bethany's mind, she feels like she's entirely innocent."
Bethany sneakily gets the details she needs by chatting to Lauren Bolton, who became aware of Daniel's relationship woes when he was tutoring her.
Lucy continued: "Bethany definitely feels guilty about using Lauren, because she feels like she has lured Lauren in a little bit and has offered to tutor her but then got the information out of her.
"Lauren thinks that they are friends, which makes Bethany feel guilty because she's now made Lauren believe that she can open up to her and has given her someone to talk to, whilst Bethany has just used her for information."
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On how Daniel will react to Bethany's actions, Lucy added: "I think it might end up being a heated row. Bethany is quite defensive as she thinks that Daniel is acting like a bit of a snob because she is writing for Chit Chat magazine whilst he thought she was writing for a fancy magazine.
"Obviously when he finds out what she's written and how she's used him, Ryan, Daisy and their story, he will be really mad at her, which I do think rightly so. Bethany does have some justifications for the article, but we will just have to see how it all unfolds!"
Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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