CORONATION Street fans demand that the show’s writers give Dee-Dee Bailey “actual” storylines.
Dee-Dee, who is played by Channique Sterling-Brown, joined the soap in 2022 and has since won Best Newcomer at the British Soap Awards.
Dee-Dee Bailey joined the street in September 2022 and has been a hit with fans since arriving
But hard-core fans feel that she isn’t getting the airtime she deserves.
“One of the best and most likeable characters this show has introduced lately but they won’t let her do more than listen to Sarah self pity party,” one person wrote on a soap forum.
“Unless of course she is listening to Paul’s misery. Can they please give this woman an actual story line?”
Another agreed: “Dee Dee is one of my favourite characters. Channique Sterling-Brown is a great addition to the cast. I’m pleased she won best newcomer at the British Soap Awards.”
A third wrote: “The problem is with the desire to give her a story of her own, it will almost certainly make me dislike the character as the ‘issue’ writing is so bad.”
Dee-Dee is the fun-loving solicitor and daughter in the soap’s first black family.
But since debuting her dream role she revealed that she was sent vile racist abuse online.
Speaking exclusively to The Celeb Report on Sunday, she said: “The majority of people online have been so supportive and positive, but unfortunately there has been some negativity and a bit of racism.
“There was some really awful stuff suggesting I’m part of some ‘black supremacy’ movement, which was just wild, and Twitter did actually take it down.
“But there were quite a few comments suggesting I’d been cast to tick a ‘diversity check box’ and that it was ridiculous and overly PC for me to be in the show.
“Which was strange to me, considering Dee-Dee’s presence brings the grand total of black women on the street to two.
“That’s why it’s so important to have black actors on our television screens, as well as those working behind the camera, writing and directing.”
The vast majority of fans welcomed her arrival in Weatherfield at the end of September, describing vivacious Dee-Dee as a “breath of fresh air”.
And the soap’s top boss, Iain MacLeod, praised her “incredibly joyous” character which, he said, was “full of energy and vibrance”.
Channique made history as a member of the street’s first black family
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