Corrie actor defends his character

Coronation Street star Stephen Beckett has defended his character Dr Matt Ramsden.

The actor revealed that he has sympathy for Matt, who is now demanding access to his son Joshua, raised by Street favourite Ashley Peacock.

"If that were me and I was being denied access to my child I'd probably react quite similarly," he told the Sunday Mirror. "Everyone says that your life will never be the same when you're a parent, and intellectually you can understand that, but you don't really understand it until it happens."

He added, "I can see why some people will see Matt as the baddie - he’s coming in and upsetting a lot of people and causing chaos, but he has a child who he doesn't know - his flesh and blood - and I feel as though he does have a right to some sort of access.

"At the end of the day, Matt is Josh's biological father and I think anyone who is a biological father knows that there's a connection between them and their child."