Coronation Street actor Charlie Condou has revealed that he is thrilled to have returned to the soap in a storyline which sees him playing dad. The 38-year-old - who took a break from acting to help raise his two-year-old daughter Georgia Mae with his real-life partner Cameron Laux - has returned to the show as midwife Marcus Dent. And in a case of art imitating life, his character has rekindled his romance with old boyfriend Sean Tully - and is helping him raise his son Dylan, whose mother Violet Wilson has been injured in a car accident. "I think it's a great storyline," Charlie said. "Obviously I would because of my personal situation but I think it's really relevant." "I feel like I'm on-trend all of a sudden!" he joked. "Elton and David have done it, and Rufus Wainwright and Ricky Martin. It’s very fashionable to be a gay dad. "It's a great thing to have on TV, especially with a soap like Coronation Street which reaches so many people." Charlie - whose daughter was conceived through IVF with his actress friend Catherine Kanter added that the storyline might prove controversial to some viewers, but said that he thought it was a good thing to highlight such issues. "It’s a unique situation Sean and Marcus are in, and I'm in with Cameron. Because of that some viewers might be shocked. "But I think controversial storylines like this are important because, without realising it, people become used to it and it becomes normal, for want of a better word."
