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Coronation Street’s Michelle Connor has only gone and got herself a stalker! Actress Kym Marsh, 41, tells us why her character could be in danger…

Michelle’s first love M Will is back on the scene again – why has he become so obsessed with her? Because he’s in love with me, obviously! He’s incensed by the fact that he thought she would go to him should she ever split up with Steve. Obviously he has harboured these very deep feelings for Michelle and is really miffed that she’s now moved on to Robert Preston. The viewers know he’s Weird Will – why can’t Michelle spot he’s a wrong’un? He’s not even on her radar. She doesn’t see any kind of weirdness in him, because he’s with Maria, and everything as far as she’s aware seems to be going quite well. She just treats him as a friend and thinks he’s kind and being there for her, but she’s potentially in danger. It’s very dramatic. Put it this way – I was shattered last week! How do you switch off at home? I don’t have a big party life any more, I just go home and cuddle up on the couch with my daughter, Polly. Obviously when you’ve been filming dramatic scenes you just want to sleep when you get home, but I’ve got a six year-old going: “Mummy, Mummy!” She doesn’t really care what I’ve been going through, so that lifts me out of any drama that might still be there. Was moving from singing to acting a huge leap of faith? Yeah. At the time you’re very aware that people see you as the fat one from Hear’say, which is what I was known as at the time! But I made my peace with that, because I was never fat! Have you made friends for life on the Street? Absolutely. I still speak to Ali King [Carla Connor] very regularly; we’ll always be mates. Samia Ghadie [Maria Connor] I adore, and I see Simon Gregson [Steve Mcdonald] outside work – I was on his boat with him a few weeks back. We were in Wales, me and the family, and he happened to be there, so we went out – it was fun! What’s the strangest place you’ve been recognised? Standing in front of the Mona Lisa in The Louvre, Paris. We were like: “It’s the Mona Lisa!” Then someone said: “Can we have a photo?” It was quite bizarre.