Actress Sue Cleaver, who plays Eileen Grimshaw on Coronation Street, has shared her experiences of teenage insecurity and vulnerability. She reveals her fear of interacting with fans due to low self-esteem and how she sought validation in unhealthy relationships.
Coronation Street favourite Sue Cleaver has opened up about her life as a teenager, saying she wishes she could give her teen self a big hug. Sue, who plays straight-talking Eileen Grimshaw on the Corrie cobbles, spoke of her relationships and insecurities, and revealed she fell pregnant aged 17 by a man more than twice her age.
Sue explains how her insecurities set in as a teenager, where, full of self-doubt, she found herself being taken advantage of by older boyfriends. As a teenager she lost her virginity to an older boy, at 16 she ran off with a sailor and lived in a bedsit and at 17 she found herself pregnant after falling for a 35-year-old man, reports The Mirror in an exclusive interview.
“There were boyfriends, one-night stands. I convinced myself that ‘Oh, if I do this, they will love me’. I was always searching for a way to belong,” she says. “It was tragic really and it breaks my heart to think about it now. There’s so much shame wrapped up in my teenage years. I was just searching and searching for someone to make me feel okay. Because I didn’t know how to be okay myself. So, I became really promiscuous.
Knowing she wouldn’t be able to cope with a baby, Sue booked herself in for an abortion, without telling a soul what she was going through. At 26, Sue met and married actor James Quinn and the couple had son Elliott, 28. She went on to launch a successful TV career with roles in shows including Dinnerladies and Band of Gold.
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