"F*** me that's dark": Corrie star's outburst over harrowing acid attack storyline for Daisy Midgeley
20.03.2023 - 10:59
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Coronation Street star Charlotte Jordan has revealed her strong reaction to a new storyline which will see her character Daisy Midgeley targeted in a horrifying acid attack. Depraved stalker Justin Rutherford will target the barmaid just as she's about to marry Daniel Osbourne in shocking scenes screened next week.
For months Rovers Return barmaid Daisy has been pursued by Justin, since they met in a hospital waiting room and she was kind to him. Justin returns to Weatherfield to cruelly attack Daisy with acid on her wedding day.
He carries out the evil attack after the Coronation Street favourite discovered he had been released on bail after lunging at her. Charlotte, who has played Daisy since November 2020, was asked how she reacted when she were told about what was about to unfold.
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She told the Manchester Evening News and other media: "Words I cannot say on camera. 'F*** me that's dark.'" The 27-year-old actress added: "I really didn't see that coming." And she said the ITV soap's decison to tackle the subject took her by surprise.
"I didn't think they'd go that route with it. It's not something you see a lot on television so I was really caught by surprise by it," she said.
Working alongside The Katie Piper Foundation and Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI), Coronation Street decided to tell this story to highlight the devastating impact and long lasting effects of such heinous attacks. The Katie Piper Foundation, launched by model Katie Piper who was left with extensive injuries after acid was thrown in her face in 2008 when she was 24 years old, delivers mental and physical rehabilitation to survivors of
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