There has been speculation for quite some time that Emma's boyfriend Curtis Delamere is Joshua Peacock.Originally Posted by lizann
Here's the current theory;
While on the run in France, Claire and the boys adopted the surname 'Delamere' (which in real life is a surname of French origin) as well as individual aliases - hence why Joshua is now Curtis. Eventually, the family returned to Weatherfield but remained hidden using the aliases. Claire became reclusive, as a result of severe depression due to Ashley's death and a decade of being on the run, and so when Curtis was diagnosed with his life-threatening condition he feared that Claire and Freddie wouldn't cope if he were to die. All this resulted in Curtis engineering a chance encounter with Steve McDonald, who he was aware had helped Claire to escape from the police all those years ago, by stealing his phone at Oliver's charity bike race before returning it. Curtis soon learned that Steve was now married to Tracy and so his plan was thwarted, however, he stuck around as he had fallen in love with Emma.
There are two things that discourage this theory:
1) Curtis mentioned that his father died from the same heart condition that he has.
This could be answered by the fact that Ashley Peacock was not Joshua's biological father. Perhaps after returning to Weatherfield he came into contact with Matt Ramsden, his real father - interestingly Matt worked as a doctor which is Curtis' choice of profession. It could have been Matt's death that allowed Curtis/Joshua to discover his condition.
2) Curtis has been referenced as being 22.
A couple of weeks ago Curtis mentioned that he was 22, while Joshua Peacock would only be 19. Perhaps Curtis is lying, or the writers may have simply aged the character up (which has been done with others in the past most notably Aadi and Asha).
If all this turns out to be true, which I actually doubt, then it is possible that Amy's boyfriend is actually Freddie Peacock and his arrival will threaten all of Curtis' lies.
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