Corrie star hits back at troll backlash to interracial couple
October 5, 2023Coronation Street’s Channique Sterling-Brown has responded to comments from trolls about her latest storyline.
Channique’s character, Dee-Dee Bailey, recently started dating a duty solicitor called Joel.
Played by Hollyoaks’ Calum Lill, Joel is enjoying getting to know Dee-Dee and vice versa, but the romance hasn’t been the focus for some Corrie viewers.
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Speaking to Digital Spy, Channique said that she ‘saw some comments about us [Dee-Dee and Joel] being an interracial couple’.
‘Almost like, “an interracial couple on the Street – God forbid”. I just thought it’s so bizarre, because the relationship had nothing to do with race. It really is just about two people who have found each other, and are really in that loved-up, gross honeymoon phase.’
She continued: ‘As a Black woman in the industry, I think we do put constraints on ourselves on how we’re going to be presented, especially romantically. So whether we are the sexual interest or just the friend-zoned woman or whatever, I feel like we’re often hypersexualised or under-sexualised as Black female characters.’
‘I hate when people are like, “you’re playing the race card”. No one’s making it about race. People just see ‘other’ and they assume that’s what it is. But it’s literally not about that at all.’
Reflecting on what’s ahead for Dee-Dee as this romance continues to develop, Channique recently told us: ‘Calum Lill, who plays Joel, he’s wonderful and we’re having a lot of fun getting to know each other and getting to know the characters.
‘I think it’s really exciting, we’re going to see Dee-Dee in a bit of a new light, and I think that’s really fun as an actor to explore, hopefully the audience will enjoy it and it’s nice to have a bit of happiness and love really!’
Elsewhere, next week in Corrie will see Stephen Reid’s (Todd Boyce) reign of terror come to an end.
After killing Leo, Teddy and Rufus, Stephen will take centre stage during Super Soap Week as he plans an escape from Weatherfield, but who will try and stand in his way?
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