Coronation Street actor speaks out over 'tragic death' theory as he teases soap future

Billy Mayhew has been connected a downward spiral aft the decease of Paul Foreman. But with upcoming scenes teasing mortal information for the vicar, his clip connected Corrie could travel to an end.

Paul Foreman has near an bare abstraction Billy Mayhew is struggling to capable - and his grief whitethorn pb him down a fatal path.

The Coronation Street quality precocious decided to discontinue his occupation arsenic archdeacon to instrumentality to his regular vicar duties instead, but his girl Summer Spellman was instantly acrophobic for him arsenic it is wide Billy Mayhew is fighting an uphill conflict with his grief.

In scenes owed to aerial connected ITV, Billy's conflict takes deadly proportions erstwhile a video of Paul's ashes being released into space, courtesy of his grieving parent Bernie, is shown and Billy lets gaffe that helium made a walk astatine Todd Grimshaw aft his beloved husband's funeral.

Later on, Billy finds himself drinking unsocial down the mill and listens to dependable clips of Paul arsenic helium falls dormant successful the bitter cold. Actor Daniel Brocklebank has since teased what to expect successful the soap - but volition Billy beryllium recovered successful time?

Speaking astir his character's authorities of mind, Daniel - who has been a regular fixture connected the Manchester-based programme since his 2014 debut - said: "He's conscionable hammered. He doesn't privation to spell backmost to the flat, due to the fact that everything successful the level reminds him of Paul and everything that they had together. Paul's worldly is there, but Paul isn't truthful what's the constituent successful being successful the flat."

During Paul's ordeal with centrifugal neurone disease, Billy took it upon himself to instrumentality attraction of his hubby connected a changeless basis. With the builder present gone, "he's got 24 hours each time to fill, and helium doesn't cognize however to capable them. He's conscionable filled with regret and despair and grief."

"And truthful helium goes and buys a vessel of whiskey and benignant of conscionable staggers crossed the road. I'm not wholly definite why. He chooses to conscionable extremity up connected a woody crate down the factory. He isn’t suicidal helium is conscionable beyond caring anymore", Daniel explained. But decease whitethorn not beryllium successful the cards for Billy.

"Ultimately, he's rather an intelligent person, you know, emotionally and intellectually. And I deliberation it's conscionable clip that helium needs", the soap prima continued. "Everybody deals with grief successful antithetic ways but thing happens to him erstwhile helium is drifting successful and retired of consciousness drunk and freezing acold and that volition massively assistance him going forward." Who volition prevention him?

While this remains to beryllium seen, Billy was dealt a monolithic stroke erstwhile Bernie Winter (Jane Hazlegrove) told him Paul had died earlier helium could scope his infirmary bedside, frankincense depriving the vicar of a due goodbye with his different half. But however volition helium recover?

Elsewhere successful the cobbles, Joel Deering's execution continues to origin a disturbance successful Weatherfield and connected societal media, with galore residents having much than capable motive to termination the work solicitor.

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