Carla Connor (Alison King) and Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) have repeatedly come to blows in Coronation Street over the last couple of weeks, and it appears as if there could be more tough times ahead for the pair.
Carla was horrified to discover that Peter has agreed to help Abi Franklin (Sally Carman) with her addiction demons, and warned him that it wouldn’t end well.
As Carla predicted, Abi tried to on with Peter, but — in spite of him turning her down — he refrained from telling his partner about the incident, which naturally resulted in conflict ensuing.
Speaking about Peter’s failure to tell Carla the truth, actor Chris Gascoyne — who plays Peter — said: ‘Without a doubt Peter should have told Carla immediately and admitted he made a mistake trying to help Abi, but he thought keeping it quiet was the easiest route to take for everyone.
‘Once Debbie had told Kevin that she thought something was going on only to be followed by Abi and Peter walking into the pub together it is all downhill from here. Trust has been broken and Carla is furious.
‘In some ways he feels as though he is responsible for Carla and her well being so he wants to appear strong and in control, after everything she went through he doesn’t want her to feel as though she has to worry about him.
‘The problem with that is that it makes it very difficult to have a full and honest relationship and when that breaks down it lays bare what else is wrong with their relationship. They love each other but in some ways they are codependent and Peter can open up to Abi without any feelings of guilt or shame.
‘They both say some awful things to each other and Peter should not have brought up her sleeping with Jordan as he genuinely had understood that and forgiven it but the breakdown in communication makes them both say things they wish they hadn’t.
‘Carla knows nothing went on with Abi but the fact that he opened up and spoke to her was possibly an even bigger betrayal.’
‘There is no doubt that the love between these two people runs so deep, you can’t go through everything they have gone through without being bonded forever in some way. That doesn’t mean though that they are not going to have problems along the way.
‘Their personal issues and addictions and their codependency is always going to flare up at times of stress and strain and they will make mistakes. Whether or not they can push through this and come out stronger remains to be seen.
‘These are going to be very trying times; the fact that they both have so many demons can bond them but it can also break them.’
Coronation street continues Monday October 5 at 7:30pm and 8:30pm on ITV.
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