ITV Corrie fans think they spotted inventive way soap hid Shona Platt actor Julia Goulding's baby bump

Coronation Street star Julia Goulding announced the joyous news that she's expecting her second child on the red carpet at The British Soap Awards on Saturday night. Congratulations have been pouring in for the star who plays popular character Shona Platt.

She posed for the cameras while lovingly placing her hands on her bump as she revealed she's expecting her second child with husband Ben Silver. The couple welcomed their son Franklin Wolf Silver in November 2019.

Speaking to OK! on the red carpet Julia, 37, said it has been 'hard' to keep her pregnancy a secret. "It's been quite hard to keep it secret and they've dug out my maternity clothes from three years ago, so it's all systems go again," she told the publication.

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She admitted that her bump with Franklin was a "lot bigger". She said: "It's generally up to the director or costume department to sort of try and conceal it a bit. Obviously, I'm not as big, I'm used to being a lot bigger when I had Franklin."

And as they watched Friday night's episode of the Trafford-based soap Corrie fans were amused as they they thought they spotted an attempt to hide the bump. Mischievous Shona emerged downstairs at the Platt household wrapped in a snuggly duvet.

And she announced cheerfully to stunned husband David that she was having a 'duvet week.' Sharing a photo of cafe worker Shona's antics on their official Facebook page Coronation Street asked: "Hands up, who else would like a duvet day spent watching Corrie?"

Velina Herrenkohl replied: "Covering the baby bump!!!! I’m happy for her… she is glowing." Bridget Marshall said: "I think she is pregnant in