Coronation Street’s Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) is trapped between two women – his ex-girlfriend Michelle Connor (Kym Marsh) and Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford), the volatile and conniving mother of his daughter Amy. So why is Steve in such a dilemma
When faced with a choice between the alluringly vivacious Michelle Connor and the toxic temptress Tracy Barlow, the decision for Steve McDonald should be straightforward.
But as usual on Coronation Street, Steve (played by Simon Gregson) manages to create chaos out of the most ordinary of situations.
“Steve has been trying to get back with Michelle,” says Gregson. “But he manages to mess it up again. As usual, Tracy steps into the mix.”
Steve is caught up in a love triangle which looks headed for disaster. Gregson admits that Steve is in a predicament.
“He’s in this situation where he’s stuck between two women – which is when Steve is, at best, terrified. I don’t think he’s a bad guy, but I would tell him to man up and sort Tracy out big time and get out.”
The fraught situation arises when Tracy becomes seriously ill and is taken to hospital. Concerned that she might die, Steve lets Tracy believe he still has feelings for her.
But Tracy recovers and is intent on hooking up again with Steve. Tracy has always wanted Steve in her life and she is deluded enough to believe that is now what Steve wants too.
“The thing about Steve is that he doesn’t like confrontation and he’ll do anything for an easy life,” says Gregson. “He likes to just go through life, have a nice girlfriend and have a laugh with Lloyd.
“When crunch comes to crunch, he does think, ‘Right, I need to sort this out’, but he ends up just teetering around it.”
Tracy has the potential to cause a heap of trouble for Steve and Michelle.
“I have absolutely no idea how Steve is going to talk himself out of this mess,” says Gregson. “Stuck again between
