ITV Coronation Street star ‘lets slip’ when Joel Deering will finally be exposed as exit looms

Coronation Street star Channique Sterling-Brown has ‘confirmed’ when Joel Deering will be exposed.

Joel has been pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes – and was the one responsible for attacking Lauren. She has returned – and is pregnant with his baby – but he has managed to, so far, keep her quiet about what happened.

Now Channique has revealed that they are already filming the lead-up to Joel’s downfall – hinting that it could happen soon. It will likely lead to an exit for Joel, as there’s no way he will be able to stay on the Cobbles.

“We’ve been filming all the lead-up to Joel’s downfall. I think he’s playing a very dangerous game and he’s walking on thin ice. It’s been fun, because it’s been like planning a wedding but also exploring this different side of their relationship, where he’s really deliberately deceiving her to keep his lies and his other life undercover,” she told Digital Spy.

“Obviously Dee-Dee is a smart woman, so she’s definitely picking up on his signals. I think it’s going to be a real time of turmoil for Dee-Dee whenever the truth does come out. I think she will be questioning her judgement of character – and her judgement in general.”

For Channique, Dee-Dee is a victim – and she hopes people will see how these things can affect others.

“But it’s been really important for me personally to protect the integrity of the character. In so many situations, people are deceived. While it might not be to the extent of the kind of person Joel is, if someone has deliberately pulled the wool over your eyes, it doesn’t make you stupid – you’re a victim too. I really hope people are able to relate to someone being manipulated in that way and how you reconcile who you are after that,” she explained of what’s to come.

When Joel was exposed as the attacker, Calum revealed how hard it had been keeping it from his family.

He said: “It has been difficult – even my family don’t know, they will have found out at the same time as the viewers. I don’t think they were suspicious as they probably didn’t think I could play an evil character like Joel.

“I was having Sunday dinner with my family a couple of weeks ago, and they were all talking about their own theories of who they think it is. And every one of them has got a different one and not one of them thinks it is Joel. They have not been suspicious of me at all. They were aware that some people were suspicious online but believed me!”