‘It wasn’t a spoiler!’ Lucy Fallon responds to claims she leaked huge Coronation Street storyline

Bethany in Coronation Street
Lucy Fallon has denied leaking a huge storyline (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Coronation Street actress  has insisted that she didn’t slip up by revealing co-star Amy Cudden’s casting.

The actress, 29, returned to her  role last week after taking most of the year out of the  soap.

This was to coincide with  as she’s now m to her second child 

Lucy had only been back on the cobbles a year, and during that time was at the centre of several huge storylines.

Bethany wasted no time in reconnecting with , and before long  with her abuser (Christopher Parker) when he was released from prison.

Later in the year she underwent botched plastic surgery in Turkey – a storyline that

She was left needing a permanent stoma bag after she developed sepsis during her operation.

Bethany sits in a support group in Corrie
Bethany had a turbulent year prior to her departure (Picture: ITV)
Lucy Fallon with her daughter Nancy
Lucy left the soap to go on maternity leave (Picture: Instagram/Lucy Fallon)

Finally, on Christmas Day, Daniel proposed to Bethany, which she gladly accepted, unaware that his ex-girlfriend  had just found out she was pregnant.

Amid the animosity, Bethany was exploring a new role in London and

In July, Lucy confirmed that she was back on set filming new episodes.

Lucy Fallon ‘leaks’ Amy Cudden’s name

It came as no surprise to Corrie fans that  and’s ) life would be turned upside down by the arrival of the former’s ‘dead’ wife at some point.

It’s a classic soap trait –  when they’re very much alive and living in witness protection.

But fan theories were further fuelled by Lucy seemingly confirming that an actress named Amy Cudden, who plays Becky, was joining the show.

Lucy Fallon stood in her dressing room doing a thumbs up
Amy’s name was on the mirror behind Lucy (Picture: Lucy Fallon/Instagram)
Coronation Street character Becky Swain, played by actress Amy Cudden.
Amy arrived as Becky Swain last month (Picture: ITV)

In a dressing room snap on her first day back, she wrote: ‘And just like that, she’s back.’ The background showed Amy’s name wrote above a mirror surrounded by lightbulbs.

Now that Amy’s character has been confirmed, Lucy has addressed the blunder.

‘Oh my god, yeah. Someone tagged me in a social post saying, “Lucy Fallon comes back after having a baby and leaks the biggest storyline in Corrie”,’ the actress told

‘I was like, ‘What the hell are they talking about? What have I done?” But honestly, nobody would have known what character that name belonged to – it wasn’t even a spoiler at that point.’

Perhaps not, but it didn’t help with the speculation Lucy!

How did Bethany return to Coronation Street?

Ever the troublemaker, Bethany was hauled in for questioning at the police station by , who was was shocked to find that she had been accused of stealing her boss’s car.

She tried to claim that her manager had such a large collection of vehicles, she wouldn’t have realised that it was missing.

Kit and Jess interview Bethany in the police station in Corrie
Luckily, Kit got her off the hook (Picture: ITV)

Having , she had returned to Weatherfield.

Luckily, Kit managed to get her off the hook and they both agreed not to spill the details to her mum ).

Now back in the area, she was afforded some time to catch-up with Daniel too. Rather harshly, she told him that she wouldn’t go near him again even if he was the last man on Earth.

Brutal.

To her surprise, he agreed, saying that he just wanted to buy her a drink as an apology for hurting her.

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