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Coronation Street fans left stunned by shock new age-gap romance after surprise night of passion
The bombshell romance came out of nowhere
CORONATION Street fans have been left gobsmacked by a shocking age-gap romance.
The surprise love story came out of nowhere with two unlikely Weatherfield residents having enjoyed a night of passion with one another.
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Viewers of the ITV soap opera were left open-mouthed as the show opened to reveal that Leanne Battersby had spent the night with hunky Ryan Connor.
The romance blindsided viewers with a loved-up connection between the two never having been hinted at before.
Leanne has been on a downward spiral in recent weeks after taking revenge on her ex-fiancé Nick and her sister Toyah after they formed a secret romance behind Leanne's back.
On Wednesday, Corrie viewers saw Leanne get increasingly drunk as well as her attempts to make a pass at Ronnie Bailey.
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But it wasn't Ronnie that ended up in bed with Leanne.
Instead, viewers saw that she had romped with a much younger toyboy.
Ryan is aged 32 whereas Leanne is believed to be over 47 years old.
But it seemed that age was just a number for the pair as they found themselves cuddled up to one another with Leanne later bragging to Tracy about getting down and dirty with the Rovers barman.
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A shirtless Ryan said to Leanne: "Morning, do you know what's the best cure for a hangover?"
Leanne then quipped back: "To not get battered in the first place."
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Reacting in shock at the new cobbles couple, one fan said: "Hold up Ryan slept with WHO."
A second said: "Ryan and Leanne? Whatttt."
Another penned: "Nah Ryan slept with Leanne??? And we don't even get a Carla reaction!?"
Before a fourth wrote: "Ryan and Leanne????? I'm... not hating it? The potential!"
Whilst someone else joked about the 'real reason' sofa-surfer Ryan decided to bed Leanne for the night, writing: "One good thing about Ryan sleeping with Leanne is at least he got a bed for the night not a couch."
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Ryan then offered to stick around and make Leanne some breakfast for the morning but she was left spooked when she realised she had overslept and was at risk of missing her court appointment.
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Leanne was due to find out if she was heading to prison after committing fraud during her revenge ploy.
Thankfully, she was let off with just a community order but she was still enraged with Toyah and Nick as she blamed them and their actions for being the reason why she'd been forced to go after them.
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