Coronation Street's Samia Longchambon speaks out on heartbreaking bullying storyline to Ryan Thomas support
29.01.2024 - 15:00
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Coronation Street star Samia Longchambon has spoken out of her current storyline as viewers left heartbroken over Liam Connor's bullying ordeal. The teen is keeping the extent of what is going out a secret from his mum Maria Windass, played by Samia in the ITV soap.
Liam has been being picked on by newcomer Mason Radcliffe and his gang of mates - including neighbour Dylan Wilson - for months with Mason even pulling a knife on Liam during one of his horrifying bullying sessions. But it's not just in person as Liam has also been subject to abuse and torment in the comfort of his own home online.
In recent scenes, Corrie fans saw Liam take a bit of advice from step-dad Gary Windass and try to stand up to his bullies after more teasing. But after provoking him it only ended in Liam getting into trouble after he was seen by school head teacher Mrs Crawshaw shoving Dylan against a wall.
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The matter was referred to the police with PC Craig Tinker informing Maria and Gary that Liam would need to go to the station for questioning. When he was interviewed, Liam agreed with Dylan's version of events, despite it being untrue, leaving Maria confused. Convinced that Liam is covering for someone, she later shared her suspicions with Gary.
Following the emotional scenes, Corrie shared a video featuring Samia with some advice to parents who may also find their child being bullied like is being portrayed on-screen.
Samia said: "As a lot of you know, being a parent can come with a lot of different challenges. One of these can be finding out or suspecting that your child is