In a shocking new twist for Coronation Street's controversial grooming plot, predator Megan Walsh is set to discover she is pregnant – and the father could be the underage teenager she has been coercing into a sexual relationship.
A Sinister Relationship Built on Abuse
The storyline, which has horrified viewers, sees sports coach Megan Walsh (played by Beth Nixon) using her position of authority to manipulate Will Driscoll (Lucas Hodgson-Wale). Will's family, including his grandmother Maggie (Pauline McLynn) and stepmother Eva Price (Catherine Tyldesley), unwittingly enabled the abuse by paying Megan to commute from Hull to Manchester for private coaching sessions, believing they were supporting Will's athletic career.
From Will's perspective, he is in love with an older woman and is keeping their relationship secret to protect her. However, the audience sees the grim reality: Megan is a calculating paedophile who conditions her victims. She tests Will's loyalty by making him agree to a long-distance relationship and keep secrets, all while flirting with teacher Daniel Osborne (Rob Mallard) to provoke jealousy.
Violence, Jealousy and a Devastating Discovery
The manipulation took a violent turn over Christmas. Megan brought Daniel to the Driscoll family dinner to hide her closeness to Will, a move that sparked extreme jealousy. This culminated in Will brutally assaulting Daniel on Boxing Day, revealing the dangerous depths of his manipulated feelings.
The abuse was starkly depicted in recent scenes where Megan took Will's virginity in a hotel room on his sixteenth birthday, telling him, "No-one will ever love you as much as I do." Now, the storyline is poised to escalate further with an unexpected pregnancy.
Fans' Theories Proven Right as Plot Spirals
Eagle-eyed viewers had already speculated about a pregnancy. One fan on Twitter/X theorised, ‘Imagine if Megan and Daniel get together and Megan becomes pregnant with Will’s baby. That would really complicate things.’ Another on Facebook noted Megan touching her stomach in The Rovers Return.
Upcoming episodes will confirm these fears. During a birthday party for Daniel's son Bertie, a pregnancy test will be discovered in Megan's bag, sending shockwaves through the characters. A furious Will, having seen Megan with Daniel, confronts her, unaware of the life-altering secret she is carrying.
This development threatens to blow Megan's carefully constructed web of lies wide open, as events spiral dangerously out of her control. The pregnancy adds a devastating new layer to a storyline that has highlighted the sinister nature of grooming and the profound impact on its victims.
