Kelly Neelan hasn't had the easiest time since her arrival in Weatherfield back in 2019. In the last year the character found herself behind bars for a murder she didn't commit, living on the streets and finding out about the death of her dad Rick before her mum's tragic passing.
But upcoming Coronation Street scenes will see the teen, played by Millie Gibson, in danger once more. The actress, who recently turned 18, teased what was to come for her character as spoilers for next week on the ITV soap were revealed.
During Monday's upcoming episode, on July 11, Kelly sees Aadi Alahan out of the barbers when a wad of cash falls out of her bag leaving her friend shocked. Kelly explains that the cash belonged to her dad and she’s trying to return it to the people he ripped off over the years. Aadi urges her to seek the advice of her guardian Gary.
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Corrie fans suspected this was the case months ago when the school girl was presented with a bag of cash Gary found while cleaning her dad's former house. Soon after, Kelly disappeared and refused to put the heaps of cash into a bank account. It led many viewers to think she's trying to do right by the people her loan shark father took advantage of after one man showed up at his funeral and spat on his coffin.
And while they are right, Kelly refused to listen to Aadi's advice and carries on with her plans. At the bus stop, Kelly reveals that she's tracked down another of her loan shark dad's clients and she’s off to pay them back. Aadi says he'll go with her and Kelly’s grateful, agreeing to go on a date later to Speed Daal.
"Whenever she's knocking on the door into these people's lives, she's thinking it'll change their life for the better," Millie told the Manchester Evening News and other press. "I do think she is being quite gullible but if it did turn out to be wrong for her... she's had so many downfalls and slaps in the face it is just, 'ok, here we go again!'
"But she still does have that spike in her which you can see in scenes like with Beth [Sutherland] when she was having a go at Maria [Connor]. But it is hard when she's had so many fallbacks."
Later, Gary is furious to find out from Sharon what Kelly is up to but Kelly refuses to listen telling her he is not her dad. Kelly storms out and, alone, calls at a house and introduces herself as Rick Neelan’s daughter, hands Ross an envelope full of cash and explains that she’s trying to make up for her dad's wrongdoing.
But when he shuts the door in her face, Kelly feels awful but moves on to the next with 'many more' people to put things right with on her dad's behalf. But Ross calls mate and tells him about Kelly’s visit. Meanwhile, Aadi waits at Speed Daal but realises he has been stood up. However, is that the case? Millie said: "She's just so gullible sometimes."
She added: "She just thinks it's a close call and carries on with her day like she does. And this is the thing, she doesn't listen to anyone and you start to see... Gary tells her not to do it but also Aadi says it's not the best idea. But she's right, she's always right and she never learns really."
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