Coronation Street’s Simon Gregson reveals he and his wife have lost 11 babies as he hits out at Twitter troll

The actor defended his wife against an online troll over his current soap storyline
Emotional: Simon Gregson filming the heartbreaking scenes with his co-star Kym Marsh
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Emma Powell12 January 2017
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Coronation Street’s Simon Gregson has opened up about his wife’s multiple miscarriages after she was targeted by a Twitter troll over his current soap storyline.

Gregson – whose character Steve McDonald lost his first child with Michelle Connor (Kym Marsh) – said his wife Emma suffered 11 miscarriages.

The soap star, 42, told a troll to 'do their research' after they took aim at his wife.

He tweeted: “To the £&)(; who tweeted my wife. We've lost 11 baby's 1st being 21 weeks 4 days. Maybe think or do your research before tweeting someone.”

Gregson later opened up about the heartbreak and said he felt “helpless” as he tried to support his wife.

“Me and Emma have lost children, the first one 21 weeks and four days,” he said.

Family man: Simon Gregson with his wife Emma and their sons Alfie and Harry
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“As a bloke being there and witness to all this, you feel completely helpless.

“Your wife who’s carried the baby, and has now given birth to the baby and then there’s all the stuff that goes along with being a human being, the chemical reaction, everything that goes on in your brain and the hormones.

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“The bloke’s there completely helpless. What’s he supposed to do but support?”

Marsh, 40, said she agreed to take on the storyline to “honour” her son Archie, who she lost at 21 weeks in 2009 with her then partner Jamie Lomas.

Speaking to ITV News she said: “My gut instinct was to go ahead and do it because, I felt, what better way to raise awareness of this subject, and also to honour my son.

“This subject has been very taboo for far too long. Sharing is absolutely imperative to being able to put the pieces of your jigsaw back together.”

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