{"id":45206,"date":"2024-02-05T01:01:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T00:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1983281"},"modified":"2024-02-05T04:18:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T03:18:41","slug":"maria-worries-history-repeats-itself-in-bullying-storyline","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/maria-worries-history-repeats-itself-in-bullying-storyline\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria worries \u2018history repeats itself\u2019 in bullying storyline"},"content":{"rendered":"

“It’s utterly heartbreaking for her… especially after what she went through with Aiden.” <\/p>

By Katelyn Mensah\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 05 February 2024 at 00:01 AM<\/p>

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*This article includes references to suicide that some readers may find upsetting.*<\/em><\/p>\n

Liam Connor\u2019s (Charlie Wrenshall) bullying storyline will see the young schoolboy search for ways to commit suicide, as the extent of his torment by Dylan Wilson (Liam McCheyne) and Mason Radcliffe (Luca Toolan) is revealed to Maria (Samia Longchambon) and Gary Windass (Mikey North).<\/p>\n

In upsetting scenes on Coronation Street<\/a>, Liam searches for ways to commit suicide and tells his mother Maria how much he loves her before disappearing, striking fear within Maria when she finds out the truth.<\/p>\n

Opening up about the scenes in a Q&A, Longchambon told RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press, that Maria begins to worry if \u201chistory has repeated itself\u201d, following the suicide of Aidan Connor (Shayne Ward).<\/p>\n

Many viewers will remember that Aidan took his own life<\/a> in an emotional storyline in 2018, and his character was extremely close to Maria after the former flames had an affair, which even saw Maria gatecrash his wedding to Eva Price (Catherine Tyldesley).<\/p>\n

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Maria and Aidan. ITV<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

\u201cAt the time, when he [Liam] comes into the salon, he brings her a coffee and he\u2019s just being really nice to her and he tells her that she\u2019s a good mum that he loves her,\u201d Longchambon explained of Liam\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n

She continued: \u201cAnd she\u2019s like, \u2018Oh, what\u2019s brought all this on?\u2019, and she\u2019s touched by it. But she doesn\u2019t for one second think it\u2019s a goodbye from him. But as soon as Gary comes in and tells her what they\u2019ve discovered on the laptop, everything makes sense to her. That\u2019s why she runs home as fast as you can to check on him.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I think the thoughts going through her mind at that time is, \u2018Has history repeated itself? Has he done what Aiden did?\u2019 When she finds him at home, it\u2019s just like, the floodgates just open and it\u2019s hugely emotional for both of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since September 2023, Liam has been tormented by school bullies and soon Maria and Gary find out the extent of what has been happening when Maria sees horrid comments on Liam\u2019s social media account.<\/p>

Longchambon said that Maria feels heartbroken by what she discovers and \u201cunderstandably\u201d becomes paranoid and won\u2019t let Liam out of her sight.<\/p>\n

She told RadioTimes.com<\/strong> and other press: \u201cI think when she finds out the extent of how depressed it\u2019s making him and how he feels like he can\u2019t carry on with his life, and he has been researching ways online of how to end his life, it\u2019s like utterly heartbreaking for her and to think that her own son is considering doing that especially after what she went through with Aiden.<\/p>\n

\u201cAiden is a Connor, he\u2019s part of the family. And I think she kind of takes it to the end degree and she won\u2019t let Liam out of her sight. And she does get really paranoid understandably, because it has been extremely close to home that a family member has ended their life before.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo she\u2019s absolutely horrified by it. And she won\u2019t even leave him alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

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