Sally Metcalfe and Martin Platt in Coronation Street both had their fair share of romantic dramas over the years!
But we’d totally forgotten they were once together!
And it seems like fans had too after they shared their horror when the couple had their first on-screen kiss in Classic episodes on ITV3 yesterday.
Fans react as Sally and Martin kiss on Coronation Street
Posting numerous sick emojis to social media, one fan wrote: “Sally and Martin are equally cringesome as Gail.”
Others agreed the scenes were too much!
Apart from Sally and Martin.. 🤢.. enjoyed this camping trip time away from the cobbles been refreshing! #ClassicCorrie
— Danni🍕 (@Dbella91) September 21, 2022
The kiss.. Pity No social distancing then in 2001, Just Foot in Mouth Crisis #classiccorrie
— Tony (@tonester_trader) September 21, 2022
Eeewwwwww 😍😍 #sallywebster #martinplatt #classiccorrie
— Freshco Survival Society (@FreshcoSurvival) September 21, 2022
Oh no dont kiss, bleugh #ClassicCorrie
— Anthony 🏳️🌈🎵 (@TheDoctor2058) September 21, 2022
Sally and Martin …😷 #classiccorrie
— 💙demelcy 💛 (@demelcy) September 21, 2022
When did Sally and Martin get together?
After her dreamy romance with first husband Kevin Webster, which went wrong when he cheated with Natalie Horrocks, Sally made some dodgy choices!
In between her affair with suave Ian Davenport, her abusive romance with Greg Kelly, and her engagement to Danny Hargreaves, is a romance that Sally and viewers alike seem to have forgotten about.
With Martin Platt.
Who just so happened to be Sal’s best friend’s bloke.
Well, her ex. But there are rules about these things!
The couple first kissed in July 2001 after a lot of flirtaeous behaviour.
What happened between Sally and Martin in Coronation Street?
Sally and Martin’s romance bloomed not long after his divorce from Sal’s bestie Gail Platt was finalised.
At the time, Gail was embarking on a new romance with charming Richard Hillman (talking of bad choices…) and despite their divorce, she and Martin had remained on good terms because of the children.
But when Sally and Martin took the kids on a camping trip, romance blossomed between the two neighbours.
They bonded over a barbecue and then over some drinks under canvas, and soon they were snogging the faces off one another.
How did Gail react?
The shock romance drove a wedge between best friends Sally and Gail. And it really ruffled Sal’s ex-husband Kevin’s feathers too. Kevin wasn’t impressed to discover she and Martin were a thing as he had been hoping he and Sally could get back together.
In fact, he made his feelings about the relationship very clear when he punched poor Martin!
But Kev didn’t actually have much to worry about because, as Alfie Moon would say, Sally and Martin’s romance just wasn’t right – like Rachel and Joey getting together in Friends. It fizzled out almost as soon as it had started and now it’s forgotten.
What happened next?
Martin went on to save his whole family when Richard Hillman tried to kill them – hoooray! – and to have a very icky romance with young Katy Harris.
He eventually left with his new girlfriend Robyn and they had a baby.
He returned in 2018 when son David Platt was raped by Josh Tucker.
Martin revealed he and Robyn were moving to New Zealand. David wanted to go with him to erase the memory of his attack. But eventually he decided to stay put on the cobbles.
Meanwhile, Sally and Kevin did rekindle their romance but broke up again in the cruellest way when Sal found out Kevin had an affair with Molly Dobbs and was the father of her baby, Jack.
She went on to marry Tim Metcalfe and, of course, to reach the giddy heights of becoming mayor of Weatherfield.
Read more: Who is in the cast of Coronation Street 2022? Meet the full line-up
Coronation Street usually airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV.
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