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Coronation Street airs major Dee-Dee Bailey confession in ITVX episode

Warning: major spoilers for Wednesday 18th December's episode available on ITVX.

Lauren and Dee-Dee look at each other as they stand by Frankie's hospital cot in Coronation Street

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Published: Wednesday, 18 December 2024 at 9:53 am

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*Warning: Contains spoilers for Wednesday's Coronation Street episode (18th December 2024), currently available to stream on ITVX.*

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Dee-Dee Bailey (Channique Sterling-Brown) finally revealed her pregnancy to Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton) in the latest instalment of Coronation Street.

The solicitor has been tormented over expecting evil Joel Deering's (Calum Lill) baby, but recently decided to have a termination.

However, matters were complicated when the unborn child's half-brother, Lauren's baby son Frankie, fell ill with suspected severe aplastic anaemia, meaning he may need a bone marrow transplant.

At the hospital, Dee-Dee told Lauren that she would try and find Frankie's half-sister, Joel's eldest child Maeve, to see if she could be a donor.

In the café, Dee-Dee asked Joel's mother, Anthea (Carol Royle), if she knew where Maeve and her mum Emily were now.

Anthea had no contact details, but claimed she had heard that they were moving to New Zealand.

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When Anthea went on to badmouth Lauren as a mother, Dee-Dee was outraged, and in front of Max Turner (Paddy Bever), she furiously told Anthea she would make sure to block her access to Frankie.

Max was concerned by Dee-Dee's outburst, but the woman in question was now on a mission, revealing her plans to help Lauren win custody against the Deerings.

Back at the hospital, Sarah Platt (Tina O'Brien) joined Dee-Dee in Frankie's room, where the latter broke the news that finding Maeve and Emily looked to be a dead end.

As Dee-Dee reluctantly held Frankie, she was overcome with emotion, and ended up blurting out that she was pregnant.

Lauren was shocked, but desperately urged Dee-Dee to have the baby in order to secure a donor for Frankie.

But Dee-Dee refused, explaining that she was having a termination the next day. Will Dee-Dee go through with her decision?

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Laura DenbyFreelance Writer

Laura Denby is a Freelance Soaps writer covering all the latest news in the Dales, Cobbles and East End for Radio Times. She's a soaps nerd with a love for comedy drama, and has also written for Digital Spy, Metro UK and Yahoo UK.

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