When presenter Eamonn Homes called it a “retaliation”, King said: “I wouldn’t actually call it retaliation, it started two years ago and if you take a look back at Geoff’s introduction…we all love him.
“But it’s been a slow drip and gradual escalation of abuse.
‘It’s not an attack, she’s defending herself, it’s an instinct, she’s a cornered animal…all she does is defend herself.
“She doesn’t even know in that moment what is happening to her.
“All Yasmeen is thinking of in the scene tonight is her survival.’
Coronation Street continues tonight, Friday, May 1, at 7.30pm on ITV.
