Coronation Street's Peter Ash shares honest response to how he 'winds down' from playing Paul's deterioration

Coronation Street star Peter Ash had an honest reaction to being asked how he 'winds down' after playing his challenging soap scenes in which his character Paul Foreman's health deteriorates as a result of being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease.

There have been some heartbreaking scenes in the ITV soap being delivered by the actor since Paul was diagnosed with the life-shortening disease, in which messages from the motor neurones gradually stop reaching the muscles, last April with there currently being no cure.

Earlier this year in the ITV soap, Paul's husband Billy Mayhew discovered what Paul had been secretly planning after viewers watched the heartbreaking moment Paul suggested to Todd Grimshaw that he wanted to make the choice when his life should come to an end as his symptoms caused by the life-limiting disease progress.

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After Paul used former drug addict Abi Webster to get him some drugs, an emotional confrontation ensued with Billy who didn't want his husband's life to end in this way. But in the end, Billy vowed to be there for his husband and help him when he decides the time has come for him to end his own life and the couple have since been going about their business, both knowingly hiding a secret.

Spoilers for upcoming Corrie scenes have revealed that Paul's dad, Denny, will arrive in Weatherfield after hearing his interview about dying with Amy Barlow. Paul's mum Bernie Winter covers her shock at coming face-to-face with Denny and makes out Paul’s already dead and the interview was a recording.

But disbelieving her, Denny follows her