{"id":42742,"date":"2023-12-31T01:01:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T00:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1944437"},"modified":"2023-12-31T05:11:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T04:11:24","slug":"tina-obrien-on-why-coronation-streets-sarah-should-stay-away-from-damon","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/tina-obrien-on-why-coronation-streets-sarah-should-stay-away-from-damon\/","title":{"rendered":"Tina O\u2019Brien on why Coronation Street\u2019s Sarah should stay away from Damon"},"content":{"rendered":"

The star teases Sarah’s reaction to Damon and Bethany’s comebacks. <\/p>

By Laura Denby\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 31 December 2023 at 00:01 AM<\/p>

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Tina O\u2019Brien has revealed her thoughts on her Coronation Street<\/a> character Sarah Barlow\u2019s romance with returning face Damon Hay (Ciar\u00e1n Griffiths)<\/a> \u2013 and she doesn\u2019t approve!<\/p>\n

Thanks to a messy affair with Damon while married to husband Adam (Sam Robertson), Sarah fell pregnant with Damon\u2019s baby, but suffered a miscarriage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She and Adam split up, but by then Adam had already ran Damon out of town. Now, just as Sarah and Adam are on the verge of reconnecting, the villainous charmer is back in Weatherfield.<\/p>\n

But, speaking to RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other media, O\u2019Brien explained why she wants to \u201chave a word with\u201d her alter ego about her choices as Damon draws her in once more.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has history \u2013 Callum was the biggest mistake of her life,\u201d said the actress. \u201cSo you\u2019d think that she\u2019d see Damon and warning bells would go off. I mean, I<\/em> want to have a word with her, I\u2019m just like \u2018Look, if he turns over a new leaf and he does really definitely go 100% straight, then maybe<\/em> you should think about it.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I think knowing Damon, and knowing the temptation to slip into his old ways and deal with people that maybe he shouldn\u2019t deal with, is he\u2019s someone that she should ever get mixed up with? Probably not, no! It\u2019s long term, a very bad idea, but I don\u2019t know, again, with the chemistry that she feels towards him, whether she\u2019s thinking straight,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got this way of kind of getting under her skin; he is very, very clever at using cheeky banter and humour to disarm her. She knows that she shouldn\u2019t, but she absolutely is addicted to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ciar\u00e1n Griffiths as Damon Hay in Coronation Street.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Asked who she thinks Sarah should be with, O\u2019Brien replied: \u201cI would probably say [neither of them]. Roll in a new man!\u201d she laughed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf all the stuff hadn\u2019t happened with Adam, then I would have said Adam, but I don\u2019t know if they would ever get past the hurt and betrayal. I think Damon, ultimately long term, could be very bad news and dangerous for her. Maybe she\u2019s better off on her own.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite Sarah\u2019s chemistry with Damon, she\u2019s not so thrilled to see him at first. \u201cI think she\u2019s angry and she\u2019s hurt. Even though she knows the reason why he left, because of Adam, I think she feels a bit abandoned by him, everything she went through.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe feels very much like she was on her own with it, even though she knows she brought it on herself, the person she would have liked to confide in wasn\u2019t there for her. So I think she felt quite hurt by that, so when she first sees him, she\u2019s just quite cross with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tina O\u2019Brien as Sarah Barlow during her pregnancy scare.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Damon is not the only character Sarah will be reunited with in the New Year \u2013\u00a0daughter Bethany Platt returns<\/a> from London. And as she teased those scenes, O\u2019Brien told us she is very happy to be working with co-star Lucy Fallon again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think if she knows Bethany well enough, she knows that there\u2019s probably going to be drama following very closely behind her. She\u2019s over the moon to see her, she\u2019s not expecting to see her, it\u2019s a complete surprise, and I know for me personally, working with Lucy has just been such a joy.\u201d<\/p>\n

How might Bethany react to Damon\u2019s place in Sarah\u2019s life? \u201cI\u2019m not sure [Bethany] will like Damon, I think she\u2019ll be quite outspoken about the fact that Damon is probably bad news.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, when she gets to know him, I wonder if Bethany might end up being charmed by Damon! Because Bethany, back in the day, had a thing for Callum when Sarah was going out with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

It may be all drama for Sarah, but the star adores her job, and is full of praise for those she works with closely. \u201cTo be honest, I feel like I\u2019ve won the lottery when it comes to my job, I really do. I absolutely love working with the people that [I do]. Ciar\u00e1n being back as well, I\u2019ve just not stopped laughing!\u201d she confirmed.<\/p>

\u201cHe\u2019s probably more mischievous in real life than his character is, which is saying something \u2013 in a really nice way. He just brings a lot of good energy to set, and he makes it really good fun to work on.<\/p>\n

\u201cSam\u2019s always a dream, he takes it really seriously, knows what he\u2019s doing, and I think because we\u2019ve worked together for so long, we\u2019ve got a really good understanding, a good short hand. And then Lucy, ah, I just love her!\u201d<\/p>\n

For help and support around pregnancy loss, you can visit\u00a0babyloss-awareness.org\/organisations\/<\/a>\u00a0and find the right support network for you.<\/em><\/p>\n

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