Coronation Street’s Leanne Battersby reveals revenge plot against her sister and ex husband after their secret affair
LEANNE Battersby is determined to make her ex-husband Nick Tilsley and her sister Toyah Battersby pay for their betrayal after they had an affair behind her back in Coronation Street.
Back to her scrappy Battersby roots, Leanne (Jane Danson) set her revenge plan into action in Monday’s night’s episode of Coronation Street.
Leanne discovered her husband-to-be and childhood sweetheart Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) was having an affair with her sister Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor).
Leanne was left stunned when she discovered a photo of Nick and Toyah kissing on Rowan’s laptop.
And was devastated to learn they fell in love with each other after she confronted them.
Despite their feelings for each other, Nick and Toyah decided to split up for the sake of Leanne.
However, recent scenes have seen them unable to stay apart and secretly rekindling their affair.
Leanne was left in the dark about their ongoing betrayal, but tonight’s episode saw her cotton on to their secret liaisons and plot to ruin their relationship.
Leanne confessed her feelings at the flat Nick and kissed him.
She revealed she wanted to get back together for the sake of their history.
Nick was adamant that too much has happened, but Leanne relayed a different story to her sister Toyah.
Leanne told Toyah that Nick kissed her passionately and that he is thinking about giving their relationship another go, leaving Toyah reeling by the news.
Shocked and heartbroken, Toyah struggles to process the devastating revelation, questioning everything she thought she knew about her relationship with Nick.
Nick tried to reassure Toyah that she is the one he loves, but Toyah failed to believe him and accused him of playing them both.
Leanne, meanwhile, seems determined to drive a wedge between the two, enjoying the power she holds over their crumbling relationship.
She told Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) that she is playing the “long game,” exposing to the viewers that her confession of love to Nick was a lie and part of a much grander scheme.
Best soap affair love triangles
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EASTENDERS
Bradley/Stacey/Max: Stacey Slater began an affair with boyfriend Bradley Branning’s dad Max in 2007.
Despite their romps, Stacey still married Bradley, but their deceit came out in an iconic Christmas Day episode that year.
Grant/Sharon/Phil: Heading even further back in Walford history, EastEnders fans were gripped in the 90s as Sharon Watts had a one-night stand with her brother-in-law Phil Mitchell.
Sharon confided in best friend Michelle Fowler – not realising it was caught on tape – and her husband Grant eventually found out and played it in front of everyone at the Queen Vic.
Syed/Amira/Christian: Syed Masood was engaged to Amira before realising he had feelings for another man, Christian, which he confessed to him on his wedding day.
A devout Muslim, Syed refused to admit his true sexuality and went ahead and married Amira anyway, but when they returned, the two men started an affair before being caught in the act by Amira.
CORONATION STREET
Shelley/Peter/Lucy: Peter Barlow took the concept of a love triangle and ran with it in Coronation Street – extending it to bigamy.
He was in a relationship with Shelley Unwin but started dating Lucy Richards, and quickly married her after she fell pregnant with his son, Simon.
But it didn’t stop him also marrying Shelley, but he was eventually caught when Lucy turned up in Weatherfield and the two women confronted him.
Ken/Deidre/Mike: Back in 1982, Deirdre Barlow started sleeping with her husband’s nemesis Mike Baldwin in secret, before confessing all a year later.
When Mike turned up at the marital home, Deirdre was being throttled by her husband who then kicked her out, but years later they reconciled.
Maria/Aidan/Eva: In 2017, Aidan Connor started sleeping with girlfriend Eva Price’s best friend, Maria Connor.
Eva eventually found out and she decided to take revenge by faking a pregnancy, spending his money and planned to confront him on their wedding day.
But she had a change of heart when a remorseful Aidan confessed, and decided to marry him anyway, only for Maria to arrive and expose her fake pregnancy.
EMMERDALE
Ross/Debbie/Pete: Debbie Dingle found herself torn between two brothers, Ross and Pete Barton in 2015 in Emmerdale.
She eventually decided to marry Pete but yet again, a soap wedding day was ruined when the groom learned of his bride’s betrayal via a recording played at the wedding.
Chrissie/Robert/Aaron: Robert Sugden was married to Chrissie White and all seemed well – until he began a steamy affair with Aaron Dingle.
Robert’s ex Katie Sugden almost exposed the affair – but fell to her death before she had the chance.
However, a guilty Aaron eventually cracked and told Chrissie about the affair – after which she announced it to the whole pub.
But how far will Leanne go?
Later, Leanne is seen stealing Toyah’s passport and using it to log into her sister’s bank account.
What is she up to?
Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and is available on ITVX.