ITV Corrie's Lucy Fallon got bit of 'old self' back with cobbles return after having baby

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Coronation Street star Lucy Fallon revealed she's "got a bit of her old self back", as she's returned to the soap after a three-year hiatus.The actress, who plays Bethany Platt, appeared on ITV's Lorraine on Thursday, 21 December, to discuss her life as a mum and her return to Coronation Street.

Her character left in 2020 to pursue a magazine internship in London. Away from TV screens, Lucy, 28, is a busy mum to Sonny and while returning to the cobbles has been "the best decision", she admitted that it's "a juggle." But she confessed that she was initially nervous about her return to Coronation Street and now viewers will see Bethany make an explosive return to Weatherfield in the ITV soap's New Year's Eve episode.

Speaking to Louise Minchin, who was standing in for Lorraine Kelly, Lucy gushed about her one-year-old son, Sonny, with footballer Ryan Ledson and revealed that returning to work has helped her get a bit of her "old self" back.

On balancing being a mum and getting back to work, Lucy admitted: "It's been really nice but it’s a huge juggle, trying to figure out where he's going to be when I have work at 7am and Ryan’s got to go to football. "So it is a juggle, but it's kind of nice because I've got a little bit of my old self back which I think sometimes you can lose when you have a baby." Lucy also spoke about her highly-anticipated return to Coronation Street, which she described as "the best decision". ‌She explained: "The best decision I've ever made, going back.