Tina dumps Ryan
By Keith Gladdis, 08/11/2009
REAL-LIFE soap sweethearts Tina O'Brien and Ryan Thomas have ENDED their relationship following his recent car smash, we can reveal.
Friends say it was the "final straw" for the Coronation Street couple, who have a baby and have been together six years.
Cops are investigating allegations that Ryan, who plays builder Jason Grimshaw, fled after ploughing his Chrysler into a lamppost at 4am last Saturday. A friend was found at the scene.
A close pal said: "Tina and Ryan just haven't been getting on of late. The crash and the subsequent police activity has taken its toll on them. It's the straw that's broken the camel's back.
"The rows have been extremely bad. The only contact they've had with each other for days is by text to talk about their daughter Scarlett." Another friend said Tina, 26 - who played gymslip mum Sarah Platt until 2007 - was devastated.
Upset
She and Ryan, 25, met on the set of the Manchester soap, and Scarlett was born in October last year.
The friend said: "Ryan needs to learn to grow up. Tina is very upset."
Ryan went to a Manchester police station on Friday, and was quizzed for an hour. He was not arrested or charged and is set to be questioned again.
Following the city cente crash, paramedics treated a man for shock. He was arrested for drink-driving.
In 2006 Ryan had to pay for damage after he and pals wrecked a hotel room in Shropshire. The same year he was involved in a mass brawl outside a bar
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