Hayley Cropper was a Coronation Street legend, but her secret son, Christian Gatley, didn’t seem to agree. He’s not been seen or heard of since his last appearance in 2013.
But now he has reared his ugly head to blacken Roy’s name in connection to Lauren’s disappearance. Roy has been left distraught reading some of the comments Christian has made and it’s only served to make his situation even worse.
Evelyn was the one who brought the interview to Roy, but she thought it was a lie as Hayley didn’t have a son. So who was Christian? And why did he treat Hayley so badly?
Christian had never met Hayley before (Credit: ITV/Shutterstock)
Hayley Cropper finds out she has a son in Coronation Street
It was in August 2007 that Hayley first discovered she had a son. She was attending the funeral of an aunt when she was given some old letters addressed to her previous identity, Harold. Through these she discovered she had a son, who was now in his 20s.
Hayley hired a private investigator to track Christian down. He was found at the record shop where he worked and Hayley went to see him. However she couldn’t find the courage to admit who she was and just bought a record instead.
Hayley then confessed to Roy she had had a son whom she had tracked down. Roy was devastated that she had lied to him and gone behind his back. She desperately reassured him their marriage would not be changed by this revelation. They made up after Hayley promised no more lies and that she would always choose Roy over Christian.
She then went back to the record shop to introduce herself, but still couldn’t do it. Instead she claimed to be the sister of his dead father.
Hayley didn’t confess who she was at first (Credit: ITV/Shutterstock)
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