Coronation Street unveils Bernie Winter's secret son played by former Hollyoaks star
13.05.2024 - 20:27
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Coronation Street has officially announced who will be playing Bernie Winter's long-lost son - and he's a former Hollyoaks star. Viewers discovered Bernie's secret during Monday night's (May 13) episode of the ITV soap, weeks after her ex threatened to tell their children.
Jacob Roberts will be joining the cast of the ITV soap as Bernie's son, Christopher 'Kit' Green after playing the part of Damon Kinsella in Channel 4's Hollyoaks for six years.
The new storyline started when Bernie's ex Denny came back into her and their children Gemma Winter-Brown and Paul Foreman's lives at the end of last month when he was seen listening to Paul Foreman's interview with Amy Barlow on the radio. Then later, Denny was seen approaching Bernie outside the café.
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She couldn't hide her surprise at seeing him before he told her he heard Paul on the radio and didn’t realise his son was dying. Bernie tried to make out Paul was already dead and the interview was a recording. He knew it wasn't true and followed her into Paul's flat where he tried to reacquaint himself with his son which later ended badly.
But during his appearance, Denny also threatened Bernie that while he wasn't a good dad, she was worse and reminded her of her guilty secret. She has since seemed distracted and during the latest trip to Weatherfield, Gemma realised Bernie was lying about her whereabouts and asked Dev Alahan to do some digging.
Later, Dev confronted Bernie, who crumbled, admitting she had another son, Zodiac - known as Zac for short - who was taken into care. He was later adopted,