CARLA Connor has made a bombshell New Years confession to girlfriend Lisa Swain in today’s Coronation Street.
The Underworld boss – who is played by actress Alison King in the ITV soap – found herself falling for police detective Lisa earlier this year.
And having agreed to try and make a go of things, in today’s episode things went to the next level – for Carla at least.
As the couple spent midnight together for the New Year, Lisa’s injuries from work left her with a busted lip – but it didn’t stop Carla kissing her.
“It was well worth the pain,” Carla said after kissing Lisa’s bruised lip.
“You know what this is the best start to a new year in a very long time,” she added.
“Let’s hope the rest of 2025 is just as good.”
“Don’t jinx it,” said Lisa.
“Jinx it? I don’t believe in fate. Random stuff just happens to me all the time.
“I tell you what though, if you told me this time last year that I was going to be falling in love with the local copper, I’d be…”
Stopping herself from going any further in front of Lisa and Kit, Carla added quickly: “Whoops.
“That just came out there, didn’t it?”
Lisa looked awkward before saying: “I don’t know what to say.”
“You don’t have to say anything,” replied Carla before making her excuses and leaving the pub.
Later Lisa explained that she just wasn’t there yet and they went to bed to sleep off the booze.
However the couple are set to be rocked further this week as Carla falls dangerously ill with kidney failure.
And it will bring back her murderer brother Rob as she searched for a donor to save her life.
Corrie boss Kate Brooks told The Sun: “I love Rob and Carla. I love tapping into their history together, and we really explore that through this story.
“There’s so many twists and turns along the way, it’s really exciting. It’s going to be eventful for Carla and Lisa…
ITVX won't host early episodes for some days, but soap bosses have yet to confirm which dates won't have an early release
Monday December 23 – 8pm ITV1 & ITVX
Tuesday December 24 – 8:45pm ITV1 & ITVX
Christmas Day – 7pm ITV1 & ITVX
Boxing Day – No episode
Friday December 27 – 8pm ITV1 & ITVX
Monday December 30 – 8pm ITV1 & ITVX
Tuesday December 31 – 8:15pm ITV1 & ITVX
New Year’s Day – 7pm ITV1 & ITVX
“It’s really exciting, and what I like about this story in particular is that Carla and Lisa are finally together and united, everyone knows about them and they’re moving on with their lives, and then this drops on them, and they’re like, ‘How did that happen? Are we not meant to be relaxing and enjoying being with each other?’
“So, it’s a real test for their relationship in the early stages, but a good test.”
