Coronation Street fans make Todd Grimshaw plea as Theo Silverton’s ‘abhorrent’ behaviour escalates
Theo Silverton’s ‘abhorrent’ abuse of his partner is only set to escalate in upcoming ITV soap scenes
Theo Silverton and Todd Grimshaw in Coronation Street(Image: ITV)
Coronation Street fans have been making a plea directly to Todd Grimshaw as Theo Silverton’s ‘abhorrent’ abuse of his partner is only set to escalate in upcoming scenes.
It’s almost a year since Theo first appeared in Weatherfield, and quickly found himself striking up a romance with Todd. But it wasn’t long before the pair became involved in a coercively controlling and abusive relationship, with Todd suffering at the hands of his partner.
But as fans know, Todd had finally decided to leave Theo after Billy Mayhew discovered the full extent of what his friend and former partner had been going through. However, Billy’s plan to help Todd leave Theo was dramatically torn apart as when they prepared to head back to Weatherfield from Debbie Webster and Ronnie Bailey’s wedding in Yorkshire in the minibus, Theo arrived, making for an uncomfortable journey.
And as viewers are aware, the minibus ended up being one of the vehicles caught up in a horror multi-vehicle pile-up which was at the centre of the dramatic crossover between Corrie and fellow ITV soap Emmerdale, dubbed Corriedale. While most of the passengers managed to escape, but Billy was trapped by his seatbelt.
Despite him seemingly freeing himself, when an evil Theo returned to see who was still trapped inside the minibus, he appeared to clip Billy back into his seat as he read his last rites, before leaving him to burn alive as the vehicle exploded with him still inside.
Theo’s abuse of Todd continues(Image: ITV)
And while Theo has appeared guilty for what happened with Billy, it hasn’t stopped his cruelty towards Todd, trying to make him feel guilty for Billy’s death, while also turned to financial abuse, cutting up Todd’s cards and giving him access to limited amounts of cash to control him further.
During Thursday’s (March 5) visit to Weatherfield, Corrie viewers saw Todd’s money woes continue, with him worrying about Theo’s birthday coming up, while also running out of his ‘allowance’ from his partner, despite picking up more hours at the undertakers in a bid to make ends meet.
And Corrie fans were flocking to social media to comment on the latest scenes. @Winis_World said: “I can’t stand Theo. I look forward to Todd finally ditching him. #Corrie @Bo88797665 posted: “I hate that fact Todd now has a allowance that’s ridiculous. I can’t wait for the day that Todd gets away from Theo. #Corrie.” @breenybreeny7 added: “Oh my God TODD if you don’t push THEO down the stairs I will stop watching this. #corrie.”
But things are only set to get worse in upcoming scenes as Theo accuses Todd of ruining his birthday and orders him to get a bottle of wine. When Todd suggests coffee instead, Theo loses it.
Speaking about the violence that unfolds, Theo actor James Cartwright admitted: “It’s like any violence; you become conditioned to it. It takes on a life of its own and becomes more extreme every time it goes unchallenged. Violence is an awful, awful thing; in a relationship, it’s just unthinkable. And it becomes another tool of control for Theo. Theo’s just trying to absolutely give him the consequences of not doing his will.
“It’s just abhorrent. And the more Todd bites back, the more Theo is trying to knock that out of him and impose himself physically. There’s a big size difference there. Theo’s this larger, bigger muscular scaffolder; and to impose his physicality on him is a tool that he’s now using. It’s something that he’s using to his advantage to make sure he gets what he wants.”
