{"id":117981,"date":"2025-09-06T05:59:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T05:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/117981\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T05:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T05:59:07","slug":"coronation-street-star-confirms-wake-up-call-for-betsy-soaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/117981\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street star confirms wake up call for Betsy | Soaps"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As Coronation Street\u2019s Betsy Swain celebrates her 18th birthday next week, the actress behind the teenage tearaway, Sydney Martin has opened up about the mixed emotions her alter-ego encounters as she prepares for her milestone birthday.<\/p>\n

When asked about how Betsy feels about her big birthday, Sydney said: \u2018I think it\u2019s an interesting one, because it\u2019s a milestone birthday, it obviously brings up a lot of emotions. She doesn\u2019t have her other mum with her to celebrate and because of that she\u2019s had to do a lot of growing up quite quickly.\u2019<\/p>\n

When asked if Betsy feels \u2018all grown up\u2019 now, Sydney mused: \u2018Part of her feels like, I\u2019ve gone out, I\u2019ve drunk, I\u2019ve dated boys, I\u2019ve done this whole thing already. So as much as it\u2019s exciting and she does want that freedom I think it\u2019s probably a bit of a shock that this big birthday is here.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018She\u2019s officially an adult but she feels like she\u2019s missing what should be quite a big part of her life in her other mum and Mason, and I don\u2019t think she really knows how to handle that.\u2019<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tBetsy is missing her mum, Becky and Mason as she turns 18 (Picture: Danielle Baguley\/ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n

In true 18th birthday fashion<\/a>, Betsy treats herself to a night on the tiles and a tonne of drinks<\/a>. When she returns for her party and as the drinks start to flow again, she takes a moment to raise a glass<\/a> to a photo of her mum, police officer Becky Swain, who died in suspicious circumstances<\/a> when she was mowed down by a car while on duty.<\/p>\n

Her other mum, DS Lisa Swain<\/a> (Vicky Myers<\/a>), slips from parent mode to detective mode and questions Betsy on what she\u2019s been up to recently. Already emotional, Betsy spits back that she\u2019s \u2018not a little girl anymore\u2019 and reveals that she slept with<\/a> Dylan Wilson<\/a> (Liam McCheyne<\/a>) the previous night and stomps off.<\/p>\n

When asked about Betsy\u2019s thinking, Sydney said: \u2018I think she\u2019s been seeing people and maybe not telling her mum about it because she doesn\u2019t want to be treated like a kid.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s a really interesting dynamic with her mum, in that they\u2019re so bad at communicating with each other, because Lisa just wants to protect her baby. But at the same time, because of a job, she\u2019s very controlling in the way she does it and I think Betsy finds that quite intrusive.\u2019<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tBetsy was previously involved with Mason Radcliffe, who died this year (Picture: ITV\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n

\u2018For Lisa it\u2019s coming from a place of caring but for Betsy it feels quite overbearing, it feels more like a detective asking questions rather than a concerned mum.\u2029So I think Betsy\u2019s first response is to shut off and obviously Lisa finds that heart breaking because she feels as though she\u2019s losing a little girl after already losing such a big part of her life in who she thought was her lifelong partner.\u2019<\/p>\n

Speaking on the grief Betsy\u2019s experienced, fuelling her emotional state, Sydney explained: \u2018She lost her mum a few years ago, then at the beginning of this year she lost Mason, so she\u2019s dealt with a huge amount of grief already in her life.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018They go for a meal the week before, and Mason\u2019s brought up, it\u2019s a bit of a shock reminder that that was her life and now maybe it\u2019s time to just go out and live a little.\u2019<\/p>\n

On her way to meet her friends, Betsy begins to record a voice note for her mum, but doesn\u2019t finish it, as a stolen car crashes into something behind her and she lets out a terrified scream.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tSydney explains that the near-miss with the stolen car gives Betsy a \u2018wake up call\u2019 (Picture: Mark Bruce\/ITV)<\/p>\n

Sydney feels as though this incident gives Betsy a \u2018wake up call\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018She goes out, she\u2019s had a bit of a mard, she\u2019s got herself a bit drunk, she\u2019s just upset, and then all of a sudden, in the same place that she lost Mason, there\u2019s a car hurtling towards her. I think it\u2019s the wake up call that she needs her mum, she needs Carla, she needs Ryan, and she needs this family unit.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Although grief is such a horrible emotion, you can rely on the people around you, it doesn\u2019t make you weak, it doesn\u2019t make you a child. She needs to see they\u2019re not trying to treat her like a child, they\u2019re just trying to understand her.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Just before the crash it was her mum that she was reaching for, it was her mum that she was leaving a voicemail for. She is grateful to her mum and for Carla for stepping into this motherly role now. This is a wake up call that life can be taken away in a split second.\u2019<\/p>\n

Will the crash be enough to bring Betsy and her mum back together after their spat?<\/p>\n

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