How will a pregnant Tina react when her flat is ransacked? Michelle Keegan teases how her fiesty character is coping with being a surrogate for Izzy and Gary...
(Warning, this interview contains storyline spoilers)

Question: How is Tina feeling about her surrogacy at the moment?

Answer: The surrogacy is running very smoothly. She’s going through it on her own, but her and Tommy are back to being friends now, and she’s very close to to the Windasses/Armstrongs so everything’s going to plan.

Q: How is she coping in the wake of the fire and losing her barmaid’s job at The Rovers?

A: Obviously money is tight and she’s living on her own, but Gary asks Owen to give her more shifts which helps, she’s really grateful for his support.

Q: What happens at the baby scan?

A: She tries to stay detached from the situation, which is why she doesn’t really look at the screen. She wants Gary and Izzy to share the moment as a couple, she’s doing this for them and she doesn’t want to grow attached to the baby. When Gary asks her to tell him the sex she just takes it with a pinch of salt, she knows Gary wants to find out the sex of the baby but she knows it’s not her place to say yes or no, it’s on Izzy’s shoulders.

Q: Does she have any fears she’ll find it difficult to give up the baby when he is born?

A: No she’s had no fears, she thinks it’s going to be fine. It’s a business arrangement for Tina, she knows it’s not her baby and she knows what she has to do. She’s not confused by the emotions one bit... but maybe she hasn’t thought far enough down the line.

Q: What happens when Tina gets home and finds out her flat has been broken into?

A: She’s very confused as to why it’s happened and who’s done it. Straight away she calls the police, she’s quite scared because she lives on her own and obviously she’s upset that they’ve taken her dad’s ring. That’s what she’s most upset about, not the damage to the flat.

Q: How does she feel about Gary staying over to protect her?

A: She’s a bit confused as to why Gary would offer to do that, but as soon as he says it was Izzy’s idea she accepts it’s fine. She sees it as them both just looking out for her.

Q: How do you think Tina will cope with living on the same street as the child she has carried?

A: I think she’s got her head round that, she knows she’ll be living on the same street as he baby but at the same time at the moment she’s just taking every day as it comes. Maybe she hasn’t put enough thought into it, as the only reason she got into this was to pay off Tommy’s debts. Maybe she hasn’t looked at the big picture yet.

Q: Does Tina still have feelings for Tommy?

A: I think Tommy and Tina are always going to have feelings for each other. I think because they only broke up over Tommy being unhappy with her becoming a surrogate, they haven’t stopped loving each other, you can see that with the way they are around each other.

Q: Does she hope that they will get back together?

A: I think deep down she is hoping they’ll get back together, but the only thing she’s concentrating on at the moment is the surrogacy and the health of the baby.

Q: What's it like wearing the baby bump?

A: The best thing about wearing the baby bump is it keeps me warm! I’ve also been quite a broody person so it’s nice to have the bump and wear maternity clothes around the bump, it’s quite cute. The worst things are it makes it quite awkward to go to the toilet and it takes longer to get changed in the morning!

Q: How are you feeling about filming the birth scenes?

A: I’m quite excited about filming the birth scenes, I watch One Born Every Minute quite a lot, so I’m looking forward to it.

Q: Are you looking forward to working on set with a baby?

A: I am looking forward to working with a baby, obviously I work with baby Ruby (Tyrone’s baby) quite a lot and I really enjoy that. I love kids so I’m quite excited about it, the only things is you can’t control them on set, so if I’m doing a scene where I’m worried about my lines it could be tricky, but other than that I’m well up for it!