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\n\t\tProgress (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tProgress (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n
Coronation Street<\/a> favourite Dee-Dee Bailey<\/a> (Channique Sterling-Brown<\/a>) has the chance of romance in upcoming episodes. But bearing in mind the fact that she\u2019s just settling into motherhood after a complicated start with her baby Laila, embarking on a new relationship is a tricky thing to navigate.\u00a0<\/p>\n And there\u2019s also the fact that she was left badly traumatised by how her last relationship turned out.\u00a0<\/p>\n Dee-Dee fell for fellow solicitor Joel Deering<\/a> (Calum Lill), but it wasn\u2019t long before she discovered he was married and had a child. He insisted he and his wife were separated and she confirmed this and insisted Joel was a good man, but it took a while for him to regain Dee-Dee\u2019s trust.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Eventually the pair got engaged. Deeply religious Dee-Dee believed that sex before marriage was wrong, but Joel persuaded her otherwise.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n It was eventually revealed to viewers that Joel was the person who was behind the disappearance of Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton) \u2013 something Roy Cropper (David Neilson) had been imprisoned for. As Lauren\u2019s story was uncovered it became clear that Joel was a sick and twisted man<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t When Dee-Dee discovered his crimes she was obviously appalled<\/a> \u2013 and even more so because she was by then pregnant with his child. The knowledge of what Joel had done meant that Dee-Dee initially felt she wouldn\u2019t be able to bond with the baby, Laila, and she decided to give her up for adoption. <\/p>\n After much soul-searching<\/a> she recently decided she wanted to be Laila\u2019s mum. She\u2019s now co-parenting her with her brother James (Jason Callender), who had wanted to adopt her.\u00a0<\/p>\n This is all a lot of baggage to take into a new relationship, so in upcoming episodes when Dee-Dee realises that she\u2019s very attracted to Ollie, a new client and someone who previously flirted with her in the Rovers, she\u2019s hesitant to act on it.\u00a0<\/p>\n She tells Alya (Sair Khan) she really likes Ollie, but there\u2019s a conflict of interest because of him being a client. She tells Ollie it wouldn\u2019t be right to get into a relationship with him, but when he goes to kiss her she kisses him back, letting her heart rule her head for once.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t \t\t\t\tFollow Metro Soaps on WhatsApp and get all the latest spoilers first!\t\t\t<\/p>\n Want to be the first to hear shocking EastEnders spoilers? Who\u2019s leaving Coronation Street? The latest gossip from Emmerdale?<\/p>\n Join 10,000 soaps fans on Metro’s WhatsApp Soaps community<\/a> and get access to spoiler galleries, must-watch videos, and exclusive interviews.<\/p>\n![\"James](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/10_07_coro_james_dee_dee_02-0e88.jpg\")
\n\t\tLaila\u2019s father is Joel Deering (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n![\"Ollie](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20_08_coro_ollie_dee_dee_02-e0fb.jpg\")
\n\t\tDee-Dee throws caution to the wind (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n