Coronation Street's Simon Gregson tearfully discusses 11 miscarriages with wife and remembers 'angel' daughter

Coronation Street star Simon Gregson has opened up about his and his wife's heartbreaking journey to becoming the family today. The actor has been married to former Hollyoaks actress Emma Gleave since 2010.

The couple share three sons – Alfie, 14, Henry, 12, and five-year-old Teddy - and they were all supporting Simon, who is famed for playing Steve McDonald in the ITV soap, as he appeared in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! last year where he finished runner-up to former Emmerdale star Danny Miller.

But becoming the family of five they are now hasn't been an easy ride for Simon and Emma as she suffered 11 miscarriages with one baby, a daughter, tragically dying at 21 weeks.

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Speaking to Tim Vincent on The Likely Dads podcast, 47-year-old Simon said: "We lost 11 along the way. It was horrific. The first one was 21 weeks. When Emma lost Georgia, she was 21 weeks, and what had happened was Emma’s tubes were twisted, but Georgia stayed alive long enough to untwist the tubes which they said it was amazing how she survived all that and then went.

"But that paved the way for Alfie you see, so we always think of her as like an angel. But then we lost loads along the way. I think it’s because Emma can’t carry girls for some reason."

After his real-life experiences, Simon faced his on-screen character going through a similar heartbreak when a Corrie storyline addressed baby loss for his character and his then partner Michelle Connor, played by Kym Marsh who had also tragically lost her son Archie moments after his birth at 21 weeks in February 2009.

"I think the worst thing was when they made