![\"Theo](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17_09_coro_todd_theo_04-b975.jpg\")
\n\t\tTheo Silverton has been abusing his partner (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tTheo Silverton has been abusing his partner (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n
Any sympathy we might have had for Coronation Street character Theo Silverton<\/a> (James Cartwright<\/a>) has drained away by this point, as his abuse of his partner Todd Grimshaw<\/a> (Gareth Pierce<\/a>) has become increasingly difficult to watch.\u00a0<\/p>\n Theo entered the show, and Todd\u2019s life, as a charismatic man whom Todd was instantly attracted to. <\/p>\n It quickly became clear that he was battling a lot of demons from his own past as he\u2019d struggled throughout his life to accept that he\u2019s gay. Facing a lot of pressure from the church and people around him, he\u2019d suppressed his sexuality for many years.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Falling in love with Todd seemed to be the start of a new phase of his life and Todd was happy in his new relationship. Things quickly turned sour, however, with Theo\u2019s treatment of Todd rapidly turning into coercive control and violent abuse<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t \u2018He\u2019s potentially a very dangerous man. The flaws and the damage within him are now manifesting in a way that I\u2019m not sure even he can control. And I think it\u2019s potentially putting people at risk,\u2019 James Cartwright warned us.\u00a0<\/p>\n Theo\u2019s actions have included isolating him from the people closest to him, including Billy (Daniel Brocklebank<\/a>) and Sarah (Tina O\u2019Brien). He also engineered Todd losing his job<\/a>, which has caused a rift with his boss George (Tony Maudsley), who is a father figure to Todd.\u00a0<\/p>\n Isolated from people who might support him, Todd is being manipulated by Theo who showers him with love one minute and then shames and humiliates him the next.\u00a0<\/p>\n He\u2019s currently \u2018training\u2019 Todd for a half marathon and has ensured that Todd can\u2019t back out by announcing to everyone that he\u2019ll be running to raise money for MND charities after Billy\u2019s husband Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) died of MND previously. This has given Theo the excuse to put Todd through training runs that are more punishment than training.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t In Monday (November 24)\u2019s episode, Todd bumped into Billy in the shop, where Summer (Harriet Bibby) was doing a shift. Todd had called in for ice to try and soothe his aching muscles. Summer and Billy both thought that Todd was doing a brilliant thing by running in the half marathon in Paul\u2019s memory.\u00a0<\/p>\n Billy questioned him about why he\u2019d stopped working at the funeral parlour and whether he\u2019d fallen out with George. Todd was about to answer when Theo appeared.\u00a0<\/p>\n Summer reiterated that she thought it was a lovely idea to run the race for Paul. Theo couldn\u2019t resist getting a dig in at Todd<\/a>, saying that the way things were going he might have to push him over the finishing line in a wheelbarrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tCharity Galop praises ITV soap for storyline \t\t\t<\/p>\n Ben Kernighan, co-CEO of LGBT+ anti-abuse charity Galop, has praised the storyline for \u2018shining light on LGBT+ experiences of domestic abuse.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n Galop have been working with the show to develop the story arc, with a spokesperson stating: \u2018When LGBT+ experiences of domestic abuse are misunderstood or erased from the \u201cpublic story\u201d, LGBT+ victims and survivors can be left with vast amounts of shame, confusion, and doubt around whether their experiences are abusive or \u2018worthy\u2019 of support.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018It\u2019s so important for LGBT+ victims and survivors to see accurate and trauma-informed representations of LGBT+ experiences of abuse and violence.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n Gareth Pierce agreed that there\u2019s a stigma surrounding male victims of domestic abuse.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018You\u2019re sometimes battling narrow perceptions of masculinity. You\u2019ll have a sense of like, \u201cOh, it\u2019s two blokes, why don\u2019t you hit them back?\u201d\u2019 he pointed out. According to Galop, these perceptions can minimise or erase the experiences of LGBT+ people who are in abusive relationships.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Gareth said, \u2018I would signpost to Galop<\/a> for LGBTQ relationships, Women\u2019s Aid <\/a>for women, and also Refuge UK<\/a> for both men and women.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n As Todd followed Theo out of the shop, Summer had definitely noticed that there was something not quite right between the two of them and she looked troubled.\u00a0<\/p>\n Gareth Pierce described Todd\u2019s situation. \u2019I think the audience will already be noticing the ways that Todd is briefly relaxed with his friends and his close confidants like Sarah, George, Billy and then when Theo enters the room straight away he\u2019s back in that tense people pleasing, anticipatory kind of headspace.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n It seems that Summer has noticed that this is going on. Could she be the one to help Todd finally see that he\u2019s in an abusive situation?\u00a0<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow Arrow![\"Theo](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14_11_coro_theo_todd-b763.jpg\")
\n\t\tTheo often manipulates situations involving Todd (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n![\"Theo](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/21_11_coro_james_theo_03-d889.jpg\")
\n\t\tTheo\u2019s anger will explode again later in the week (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n
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