Corrie’s Sam Aston admits it’s been a ‘privilege’ to work on postnatal depression storyline

Sam Aston has admitted it has felt like a ‘privilege’ to work on a recent postnatal depression storyline on Coronation Street.

The Coronation Street star, 26, who plays Chesney Brown in the soap, welcomed quadruplets with his on-screen girlfriend Gemma Winter last year.

However Gemma [Dolly-Rose Campbell] has struggled to adjust to life as a new mum and has confided in Chesney in recent weeks after previously vowing to keep it a secret.

Discussing the storyline on Wednesday’s episode of This Morning, Sam said: ‘It’s been great to be a part of it, it’s a privilege. Dolly has been amazing.

He added that Gemma was given lots of advice on how to play the role, and said: ‘I think from Dolly’s perspective she got [advice]. I was, not totally blind, but he [Chesney] was concentrating on going off to work to provide for them.

‘I think it’s a huge thing, it’s very real problem but the main thing is opening up to your partner or whoever and admitting you’re struggling.

‘There’s a lot of people out there. Sometimes you feel like the only one, and she’s struggling with not loving her children and feels ashamed.’

Sam also revealed how many babies they currently have on set to play their little ones, which has increased over the past few months.

The soap star said: ‘Originally there was five, there are now seven! There’s triplets and two sets of twins.’

When asked how he deals with it, he said: ‘I’m from a big family but four babies is intense. We’re okay cos we get them for a little bit.’

Host Eamonn Holmes was keen to know if Chesney would ever have another dog following his adorable relationship with his childhood dog Shmichael.

He said: ‘I dunno how you replicate Shmicheal. I think they’re a bit busy at the moment but you never know, Chesney loves dogs.’