Coronation Street Blog

Sunday, 25 February 2024

Sarah's bad romances: Damon Hay

As Sarah’s fiery fling with Damon looks set to come crashing down around her, actress Tina O’Brien takes a look back over Sarah’s disastrous dating history to see where it all went wrong and where Sarah developed her taste for bad boys and a bad romance!

DAMON HAY

With divorce on the cards for Adam and Sarah, Damon reappeared in Weatherfield in the New year, determined to win his girl back. Again Sarah fell for his bad boy charms and the couple are now planning to buy a house together. But with a vengeful Adam taking a step closer to the dark side, plotting to get rid of Damon for good with his gangster brother Harvey, is this another bad romance set to end in tears for Sarah?

There is just something about Damon that’s got Sarah hooked. He isn’t a pushover, they have a lot of banter, she isn’t allowed to get too big for her boots, but she likes his sort of old school charm. She loves how he’s a bit cheeky with her and he makes her laugh a lot, maybe that’s been something that’s been lacking in her life for a while. For her it’s how light hearted the relationship is, the laughter they have together. Sadly though, with her history and choices, I’d be surprised if things aren’t about to go wrong in some shape or form. Damon has that history, that dodgy background and the fact that Adam is so intent on splitting them up and getting Damon out of the picture I’m not sure they really have a chance. I have this awful feeling she’s about to get her heart broken all over again.”

Glenda Young

Novelist published by Headline

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

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Sarah's bad romances: Adam Barlow

ADAM BARLOW

Eventually life seemed to be on an even keel for Sarah when she began dating Adam Barlow in 2019. Previously a ladies man, he changed his ways for Sarah and they married in 2020, co parenting Sarah’s son Harry. But this time it was Sarah who pressed self destruct, embarking on a steamy affair with local bad lad Damon Hay which left her pregnant. Adam ended their relationship when he learned of her infidelity, they briefly tried again when Adam got shut of Damon but Sarah’s continuing lies led to Adam’s cruel gender reveal shock and Sarah losing the baby

“So after saying that Gary was the one for Sarah, along came Adam who swept her off her feet and probably was the right one for Sarah. Maybe Sarah was right for Gary but I think Adam was right for Sarah. Adam came along at a time when she really needed him, he made her feel so special and safe. He had this womanising past but all he wanted was her and to get married and that was very attractive. There was tension with the Barlows and the Platts at first but the fact that Adam knew who he was, knew what he wanted, knew he wanted to be with only her and take on her son as well just made her fall madly in love with him.

"Then after all the bad boys it was her who messed this one up. Interestingly you would have thought it would be Adam, he’d always been a ladies man but it was Sarah that made the mistake. At first I found it difficult to understand why she was cheating on him but I think it became one of those situations where something new and exciting presented itself, she knew it was wrong but she just couldn't help herself. Damon offered her something she wasn’t getting at home, excitement, and rightly or wrongly she just decided she was going to go for it. After that the marriage just went into destruct mode and there was no way back.

Glenda Young

Novelist published by Headline

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

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Sarah's bad romances: Gary Windass

GARY WINDASS

Looking for a more settled life, Sarah began a relationship with Gary Windass, once a bad lad but seemingly reformed. They got engaged and lived together with her children in Victoria Court. However, despite how much she loved him, Sarah was forced to dump Gary after his affair with Nicola and involvement with loan shark Rick Neelan took their toll. Her life in danger and knowing too much, Sarah kept Gary’s secrets but the damage was done and their relationship couldn't be saved.

“I think that Gary has possibly been the biggest rock in Sarah’s life. He knows her in a way that nobody else does, he knows all her bad bits and he loved her anyway. She’s never told Adam about what happened to Callum whereas Gary knows all her secrets and continues to keep them. He saw her as she truly was, he accepted her and loved her for what she was and that meant everything to her. I think they had an amazing bond and they were brilliant together, then he stupidly went and had an affair with Nicola (Phelan’s daughter). It created problems in their trust, then he started lying about where he was working, every time she took him back he just seemed to humiliate her more. I think if he’d been more honest with her they’d still be together as she truly loved him. Then just when she couldn’t take anymore in came Adam and swept her off her feet. There was no drama, he truly wanted to be with her, it was fresh, no embarrassment, so she decided it was time to tell Gary they were done. But I think Sarah and Gary have a shared history like nobody else does. There’s something about the way Gary sees Sarah. Adam sees Sarah as he wants to see her, he pictures her a certain way, but Gary just loved her the way she was, as the girl next door. It was more of a soulmate connection maybe.”

Glenda Young

Novelist published by Headline

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

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Sarah's bad romances: Callum Logan

CALLUM LOGAN

After a failed reconciliation with Jason, Sarah got divorced in 2010 and became involved with local drug dealer Callum Logan who fathered her third child, Harry. Having ignored the warnings from her family, Sarah finally finished with Callum when she found out that he'd used Bethany as a drug mule. He violently assaulted Sarah but was killed by David's wife Kylie who walked in during the attack. Rather than going to the police they then hid the body in a drain under the Platts garage conversion. In the months that followed, Sarah was treated for postpartum psychosis when she became convinced that Callum was still alive and barricaded herself and Harry inside the house.

“This was probably her worst ever choice in men! She did say I know what you’re doing, I know exactly why you’re after me, you want to stick it to David and you think if you flirt around me that will wind him up, which it did. Obviously he was Kylie’s ex but Sarah had been in Milan, she didn’t think she was sticking around for long. She thought she was going back so she just thought sod it I’ll have a bit of fun, have a fling and I’ll be gone in a week, what does it matter. She knew that he was a bad boy, she trusted her brother enough to realise Callum was an idiot but at the same time she couldn’t help being tempted by him.

"I think maybe also the fact she was riling David had its appeal, a case of don’t tell me who I can and can’t mess around with. I don’t think she ever planned it to become anything serious but obviously it did and Callum ended up dead in the live episode. I still remember very clearly having a meeting with the producer Stuart Blackburn who sat us down to tell us the plan and that it was going to be live. I was like wow. I was weirdly excited but not nervous, if someone told me that now I’d be terrified but maybe that’s because I now know how terrifying a live episode is. It was an amazing end for Callum after how evil the character had been. It was also really interesting to play the fallout from that. How Sarah did not cope very well mentally, how David became very nasty, how Kylie became very caring towards Sarah. It changed the dynamic in all their relationships.”

Glenda Young

Novelist published by Headline

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

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