The David Platt actor waded in to comments after it was revealed Tyrone has a son he knew nothing about

Coronation Street star Jack P Shepherd has waded into comments regarding one of the show’s latest storylines after it was revealed Tyrone Dobbs has a son he knew nothing about.

As fans of the ITV soap know, the mechanic, played by Alan Halsall had an affair before embarking on a relationship with Alina Pop back in 2021, which resulted in him leaving Fiz Stapes after years of an on-and-off relationship.

While Fiz was understandably horrified by Tyrone’s decision to call time on their long romance, but when Tyrone’s relationship with Alina came to an end, they were both blissfully unaware that Alina was pregnant.

Alina, played by Ruxandra Porojnicu, left Weatherfield with a hand lovingly placed on her stomach and ordered tomato juice, heavily hinting that she was keeping the unborn child.

In scenes aired in the ITV soap this week, Fiz bumped into Alina in the Frecho car park, with the latter confirming she was only back as she was called as a witness in a human trafficking case and would be leaving the following day. However, Fiz saw a picture of Alina with a little boy on her phone who she brushed off as being her nephew.

But unconvinced, a shaken Fiz headed home to tell Tyrone what she had discovered and how she thinks he has a son. She told him Alina was staying at the Chariot Square Hotel and that she was leaving the following day before encouraging him to go and find her. But his efforts were unsuccessful when Debbie Webster informed him she’d already checked out.

Things were left slightly fraught between Fiz and Tyrone, with the former realising her husband was annoyed at her as he wasn’t able to get to Alina sooner. But as seen in Friday night’s episode (August 9), Tyrone’s mother Cassie Plummer intervened to extract the truth from Alina.

While at Street Cars, Cassie received a call from Alina requesting a taxi for her and her son. Cassie personally drove the taxi to pick them up, unbeknownst to Alina, she was being taken back to the cobbles. Upon realising where she was, Alina demanded Cassie to turn around, only to be met with a stunned Tyrone.

Alina found herself cornered and she ended up having to admit to Tyrone that he was the father of her son and the trio later headed for a chat where Tyrone got to spend some time with Dorin.

And the adorable youngster quickly stole Corrie viewers’ attention with many pointing out how accurate the casting was between pretend father and son. @McsEmma said: “They couldn’t have gotten a baby to look more like Tyrone if they tried, absolute spit #corrie.”

@terrettcorey commented: “The baby looks more like Tyrone than Tyrone himself #corrie.” @lisa_a_jones wrote: “#Corrie Wow that baby looks like Tyrone!” @RyanTheSoapking posted: “Alina’s baby looks just like Tyrone #Corrie.” @cazziebow posted: “He does actually look like Ty.” @leahzlq added: “Dorin is so adorable, he looks exactly like a mix of Alina & Tyrone.”

Jack, who plays Weatherfield’s David Platt, also agreed with fans of the show, writing on Instagram: “He’s bloody defo yours Ty, look at him for god sake!!!!!” while Maria Windass actress Samia Longchambon added: “Omg.. Baby Dorin for best newcomer please.”