Former Coronation Street actress Lucy Fallon is reportedly growing close to a co-star in her new venture, causing a rift in her friendship group.
The Bethany Platt actress split from her long-term boyfriend, Tom Leech, during lockdown but still shares mutual friends with him, and her alleged new romance with YouTube Joe Weller has reportedly not gone down well with them.
After Bethany left the street earlier this year to pursue her career Lucy accepted an offer to take part on ITV’s Don’t Rock The Boat, which challenges celebs to row 500 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats. Following her time on the show, she’s since grown close to fellow contestant Joe, who has 5.4 million YouTube subscribers.
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With Scott settling into life above the pub, Jenny invites him to come for dinner with her and Johnny, but a nervous Johnny is on edge.
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While Jenny cooks, Scott reminisces about the crime he and Johnny committed over 40 years ago, and Johnny worries about Jenny overhearing.
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As they all sit down to eat Jenny delights in listening to old stories from when Johnny and Scott were younger by Johnny squirms, worried about what could come out.
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Adam arrives at the station to find that Nicky has been released without charge. Later, she's touched when Daniel tells her she's helping him with his grief.
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Daniel eventually admits to Adam that he's been paying Nicky to dress up as Sinead, pretending she's still alive, leaving Adam concerned.
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Later when Adam bumps into Nicky in the street he sends some money her way, warning her to stay away from Daniel. What will she do?
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After Peter convinces Abi to join him at an AA meeting, Abi expresses her thanks for his support, admitting the meeting was helpful.
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But a passing Debbie witnesses their exchange and her suspicions about Abi's intentions toward her brother Kevin deepen.
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Sensing her dad is stressed, Asha offers to take on a few shifts at Prima Doner thinking he'll be able to save some cash by not paying the staff.
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Dev is thankful, but the news doesn't go down well with Cathy who later moans to Asha about Dev cutting her shifts without warning.
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Wanting to spend more time together, David whisks Shona off for a romantic walk in the park but things soon take an awkward turn.
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Later on, Shona corners David in Victoria Gardens and apologises for her actions, knowing that it was inappropriate but at a loss for how to control her behaviour.
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Alya's mood grows even darker when Geoff tells her he's applied for an alcohol licence without Yasmeen's permission.
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Sean continues to fret over Todd's whereabouts. Logging off the missing persons website for the umpteeth time that day, Billy spots something that could help.
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“Lucy and Joe clicked from day one of filming on Don’t Rock The Boat,” a source said.
“It’s a tight-knit group but Lucy and Joe had a spark, everyone noticed it. They’ve been hanging out together during free-time from filming and have shared pictures of each other on their Instagram stories.”
Speaking to The Sun, the insider continued, “Not everyone has been impressed though. Lucy’s had a few messages from people about her friendship with Joe.
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“She’s adamant they’re just pals and it’s nothing more but people who knew her and Tom as a couple think it’s a pretty bad look. They’ve urged her to talk to Tom about it because it’s been really hard for him. Lucy has said she feels torn as she’s not done anything wrong but she respects Tom and doesn’t want his feelings to get hurt.”
We’ve been there, pet.
Their connection seemed to be confirmed when Joe featured admitted on his podcast Wafflin’ there was someone he “really fancied” on the challenge.
“We’re away for three weeks, and you know. We’ll see what happens,” he said.