Coronation Street fans reacted with delight as 'heroic' Roy Cropper bit back at vile racists in powerful scenes in Wednesday's episode. Expecting a meeting about the environment, Roy and his Weatherfield neighbours Brian Packham and Gary and Maria Windass joined the audience in the community centre.
But as eco-warrior Griff began his address, his true racist agenda became clear. Griff was gobsmacked when Roy picked apart his argument by pointing out numerous factual errors in his speech, which was filmed by his new protege Max Turner.
As the crowd began to applaud Roy, a panicked Griff realised he’d lost their support. In the cafe, Roy, Brian, Maria, Gary and Toyah Battersby decided the community centre would be a perfect place to offer help and advice to refugees.
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Corrie viewers watching at home rushed to Twitter to praise Roy. @Pinder1993 declared: "Roy Cropper for government….. the man doesn’t take a step back. Roy is a legend."
@ChrissyPanda90 said: "The soap legend... the hero.. Roy Cropper." @unsworth1live wrote: "#Corrie nice one Roy in putting that bigot back in his place."
@ppixton wrote: "Roy is an icon."@foreverabluecfc said: "Roy Cropper take a bow." @iamloveable2020 said: "Roy 'superstar' Cropper, schools the racists."
@That_Girl_Allie tweeted: "Roy, you are a legend." But a worried @DPC123 said: "If anything happens to Roy there'll be riots!"
@Lou_Gou_EYFS messaged: "I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: be more Roy!" And @SusanH175 tweeted: "Always loved #Corrie in general, but Roy's myth-busting of the racism around migrants/refugees was genius." They added: "@itvcorrie deserves a public service award, great way to reach real people with the facts!"
Later David Platt read his son Max the riot act for skipping school to mix with Griff and demanded it stopped now. Max slammed out of the house and at Griff’s flat, Max showed him an edited film of the meeting in his favour.
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