Maria Connor Sutherland (Samia Smith)

[lizann]

Still find it strange that she is kirk's sister. You hardly ever see them together. Only just recently.

he is funny and likeable and she is not

[Perdita]

Coronation Street star Samia Ghadie has warned that her character Maria Connor will have "a complete meltdown" when her ruthless deception is finally revealed. If only she could act

Maria's behaviour has taken a dark turn in recent weeks as she has been secretly terrorising Tyrone Dobbs with text messages pretending to be his violent ex Kirsty Soames.

Twisted Maria is sending the texts so that she can 'comfort' Tyrone (Alan Halsall) throughout the ordeal and steal him away from his partner Fiz Stape. However, the game is up for Maria later this month when Tyrone and Fiz finally realise what she is up to.

The reveal moment takes place when the police tell Fiz that Kirsty is abroad and is definitely not the person sending the texts. When Fiz then phones the 'Kirsty' number to investigate further, Tyrone is with Maria and answers the call, which leads to the truth coming out at last.

Ghadie told All About Soap: "Maria has just declared her love for him, so she has a complete meltdown when Tyrone discovers it was her sending the texts. Tyrone is quite aggressive, which is unlike him. The police get involved and it's just a very dark time for Maria.

"She says she did it because she loves him, and that makes no sense to anyone else. She's not in a good place mentally, so what would be weird behaviour for others just seems normal to Maria."

When Tyrone and Fiz decide to call in the police, viewers will be left to wonder how far they will pursue the case against their former friend.

Jennie McAlpine, who plays Fiz, added: "Fiz and Tyrone are caring people and they have a lot of history with Maria, so I hope they do forgive her. But I don't think Fiz could ever trust her again."

Coronation Street airs the Maria reveal on Monday, May 19 at 7.30pm and 8.30pm on ITV.

[Perdita]

Coronation Street's Maria Connor will decide to take time out from the cobbles after her texting shame is revealed.

After weeks of manipulative behaviour, the game is finally up for Maria next week when Tyrone Dobbs and Fiz Stape learn that she is the real culprit behind the recent 'Kirsty' texts.

Shocked that Maria is the one who has been terrorising them in recent weeks, Tyrone and Fiz react angrily and report her to the police.

Samia Ghadie, who plays Maria, commented: "Maria is terrified when they report her to the police, but she's also terrified by what she's done.

"She's basically had a nervous breakdown, she's not herself and I think it's a result of what's happened over the past few years."

With Maria facing a backlash over her actions, her brother Kirk steps in by urging Tyrone and Fiz to drop the charges.

Tyrone confronts Maria and tells her he knows she sent the texts
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Tyrone will be furious with Maria

Kirk also convinces Maria to visit their parents in Cyprus for a while, recognising that she needs a break to get herself back to normal again.

Ghadie added: "She's completely lost the plot and that's why she decides to go away for a while. She just needs to get away from Weatherfield and get back to being Maria.

"I think a break will do her the world of good. She needs to get away and let the dust settle with Tyrone and Fiz, and then try and start again."

Coronation Street airs these scenes next week on ITV.


Lets hope it is a nice long break

[lizann]

wish she would take a long long long break from the show, miserable awful character dull as dishwater and her push with luke makes no sense

[swmc66]

The way she talks gets on my nerves almost as bad as Fiz

[Dazzle]

I really liked Maria during the Tony Gordon storyline (when everyone thought she was mad because she believed he killed Liam, but then she had a relationship with him - as you do). She hasn't had anything interesting to do since, though, so has become a dull character.

[Perdita]

I have never taken to the character, for some reason, never missed her when she was away for maternity leave or just not being used much in storylines. The so-called attempted rape that never was in the storyline with Tony Gordon did not help either ..

[swmc66]

her acting is so wooden

[Dazzle]

her acting is so wooden

I agree she's not the strongest actor, but I think she's a lot better than some (Kate Ford for example).

[Perdita]

A bit better, would not say a lot better than Kate Ford