Coronation Streets Natalie Gumeda reveals to Soaplife how Kirsty's lack of anger management - and the reappearance of her violent father - combine to put baby Ruby at risk! So, Kirsty's been a violent girlfriend and now she's a violent mother. What happens? "Well, she struggles on her own when Tyrone returns to work. Tyrone suggests she gets help and sends Sally and Fiz around. Not a good move! Kirsty already has a death wish on Fiz. And she doesn't want to be seen as not coping. But she is very stressed and frustrated that the baby's not feeding and is crying. In the violent scene Kirsty's on her own and she actually swipes the plates off the table and shouts at the baby. That's obviously an awful thing to do, but in the realms of what people might expect from Kirsty this is quite mild. And she never actually harms the baby at all, she's just frustrated and upset." But Tyrone thinks she might have harmed Ruby... "He walks in and sees the baby mobile that Kirsty has thrown across the room. Then he sees the smashed plates and so he immediately jumps to a conclusion. He runs across the room to Ruby, picks her up and runs straight to the doctor. He doesn't even stop to ask Kirsty if she has touched the baby." How does that make Kirsty feel? "She's devastated because she does try to stand up for herself and she swears time and time again that she would never hurt Ruby. But Tyrone tells her straight that he can't trust her. He comes back from the doctors and Ruby is fine. Tyrone has been checking up on Kirsty, though, and he finds out that she hasn't been going to her counselling and that's really the end of the road for him. She promised she would try to change, but he doesn't believe her now." Then Kirsty's mum turns up! Is this good or bad? "Her mum says that she has left her dad because she can't take the abuse any more and Tyrone suggests that she stays with them to help with the baby. But Kirsty knows her father will come looking for her mum and that places them all in danger." Then Ruby goes missing... Does she think her dad's involved? "No, it all happens too quickly. Her dad was around the day before to see if her mum is there, but Kirsty says she isn't. So when Ruby goes missing her first reaction is not that it has anything to do with her dad." But we know it does. How much danger is Ruby in? "Well, viewers will have to wait and see, but it's all very dramatic; there is a fight and a lot of anger between all the people involved. It's a very interesting development..."
