‘Is it deliberate?’ ask baffled Coronation Street fans as they spot Gemma Winter blunder
CORONATION Street fans have been left utterly baffled as they spotted a huge blunder when it came to Gemma Winter.
Dolly-Rose Campbell has played the beloved role on the cobbles since October 2014.
However, Coronation Street fans have raised concerns over the apparent direction of the recent storylines.
She has five kids – including a set of quadruplets – with her husband, Chesney (Sam Aston).
The duo have been struggling with the cost of living crisis, and Gemma felt like she was forced to steal.
In the past few weeks, viewers watched on as her daughter, Carys, was meant to go on a school trip, but her shoes were far too small.
As they tried on new footwear at a shop in town, Gemma knew she could not afford the pair she wanted, so in a spontaneous move, she stole them.
However, she was soon racked with guilt, so Gemma returned the shoes, only to be chased out of the shop by the manager.
Later, he pressed charges after coming face to face with her when his own child – who is friends with Chesney’s son Joseph (William Flanagan) – was round at number five.
Gemma was arrested but mum Bernie convinced her estranged police officer son Kit – who Gemma had no idea existed at that point – to help get her off.
Despite all the intense storylines, many fans are more distracted by Gemma’s make-up, as they noticed she had an orange coloured face which was a very different shade on her neck.
One fan took to social media forum Reddit, as they commented: “Why has Gemma got an orange face in every episode ? Fake tan is on her face & round her jawline , makes her head look like a satsuma.”
To which, another fan replied: “I think it’s a deliberate choice for her character not to have perfect makeup”, while a third stated: ” Yeah it must be on purpose because if you look up the actress that plays her, looks entirely different.”
“It has been that way at least since I started watching – it drives me insane – I just want to attack her with a foundation match and blender sponge,” wrote a third viewer.
Meanwhile, a fourth stated: “Whoever does her makeup should be fired.”
And a fellow viewer added: “It’s probably just to make her look chavvy if anything. She’s a bit if a rough diamond.”
Coronation Street's shock exits 2024
Corrie has said goodbye to several cast members this year. Let's break down who's left the famous soap:
Eliza Woodrow (Savannah Kunyo) has said farewell to Corrie to start a new life in Germany.
The youngster moved to live with her dad Dom Everett, who went back on the £10,000 bribe Eliza’s grandfather Stu had offered to keep him out of her life.
Paul Foreman will bow out of the soap this summer when he loses his fight with motor neurone disease (MND) in tragic scenes.
After being diagnosed last year, the fan favourite, portrayed by Peter Ash, was devastated to learn he only had months left to live.
Viewers know he is planning to take his own life to end his suffering.
Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) departed the cobbles after being offered the opportunity of a lifetime to study in America.
Though she struggled to decide with her stepdad Paul’s impending death from MND, she was convinced she had to live her life to the full.
Simon Barlow (Alex Bain) has struggled with the sudden departure of his father Peter from the cobbles.
The Weatherfield legend left his family and loved ones behind on Boxing Day, 2023, when his wife Carla Connor encouraged him to travel around the world with a friend.
Simon’s been on a downward spiral ever since and his exit could end in tragedy.
Alya Nazir is set to leave the cobbles as actress Sair Khan prepares to go on maternity leave ahead of the birth of her first child.
It looks likely she’ll be heading to Dublin after securing a lucrative new job, leaving her colleague and fling Adam Barlow behind.
Show stalwart Eileen Grimshaw is taking a break to star in the Sister Act The Musical UK tour.
She’s had to leave the Street immediately after her son Jason broke his back after falling off a moped in Asia. She will be back filming in May once her dates on the tour come to an end.
On X – formerly known as Twitter – fans echoed the sentiment as one fan wrote: “The real crime from the producers is how they’ve allowed Gemma’s awful face tan to continue. Just make it stoppppp.”
As someone else added: “I really wish they’d give it a rest with Gemma’s comedy makeup/tan. Absolutely impossible to care about the character in a serious storyline with her looking like that.”