| Christian Gatley | |||||||
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||
| Portrayed by | Andrew Turner | ||||||
| First appearance | 10 September 2007 | ||||||
| Last appearance | 1 October 2007 | ||||||
| Classification | Former; guest | ||||||
| Profile | |||||||
| Occupation | Record shop worker | ||||||
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Christian Gatley is the illegitimate son of transsexual character Hayley Cropper (Julie Hesmondhalgh). He first appeared on the show on 10 September 2007. Christian ran a record shop on Ashton Road, Manchester called Sound Garden. At first Hayley told Christian that she was his aunt but the lies kept on piling higher and higher, and her husband Roy pressurized her to tell the truth, which she eventually did. When Hayley told Christian that she was not his aunt but in fact his father he went mad, violently lashing out at her and running away.
On 1 October 2007, Becky Granger (Katherine Kelly) visited Christian in the record shop and hit him repeatedly in revenge for him attacking Hayley. After she controlled her anger, she told him that whilst Hayley probably wasn't what he expected his father to look like, she was great and he was nothing. She made clear to him that whilst he hurt Hayley, she wouldn't want anyone to hurt him back.
Three weeks later it was revealed that Christian had resigned from the record shop and left Manchester.
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