Coronation Street star Rob Mallard has teased that a heartbreaking twist is in store for his character Daniel Osbourne as he spirals further and leaves Ken Barlow at risk06:24, 26 May 2026Coronation Street star Rob Mallard has teased that a heartbreaking twist is in store for his character as he spirals further.‌The actor, 34, has played schoolteacher Daniel Osbourne, the son of Ken Barlow (William Roache), for over a decade and his latest drama has seen him trying to come to terms with the fact his ex-girlfriend Megan turned out to be a paedophile who had been abusing teenager Will Driscoll.‌As Megan serves time in prison, Daniel has been in hiding at his flat to take time away from everything but has unfortunately let the mysterious Jodie Ramsey (Olivia Frances Brown) into his life and she has been spreading false and defamatory rumours about him online that could put his own career at risk.‌READ MORE: Coronation Street fans 'appalled' as Tyrone Dobbs makes 'despicable' moveREAD MORE: Coronation Street fans horrified by price of a pie in Roy’s RollsTo add to all of this, Daniel is also a single father to seven-year-old Bertie, whose mother Sinead (Katie McGlynn) died following a battle with cervical cancer in 2019.But now, it seems as if the ripple effects of Daniel's mental health crisis could also start to seep out into the family as he is set to lash out as his dad amind a tense family moment at number one, and then receive a visit from social services after Daniel gets drunk and Bertie starts a fire in the flat.‌Rob said: "It’s like everything is spiralling. They all call him out. They corner him in the Barlows and I think he just feels trapped, he goes to lash out at Adam and he catches Ken. It's always Ken that he seems to hurt.""It’s like he's betrayed the only woman that was loyal to him, because he promised Sinead that he would put himself second and Bertie first always."And yet he's allowed recent events to push Bertie to second, third, fourth place in his mind. So basically the only woman that didn't betray him, he feels like he's let her down now posthumously.‌"It's 100% a wake up call. He’s completely beside himself, he thinks that he's going to have his kid taken off him and again it's all to do with keeping a promise that he made to Sinead."I think he could keep going further. Once someone gets a bit of mud on them, you might as well get properly dirty. I think that in terms of Daniel’s character, if he's going to go off the rails, he should go off them properly, possibly even lose custody of Bertie temporarily, really teach him a lesson."‌Amongst all of this, Daniel will learn that Jodie is behind the slanderous posts online and turn to drink. When asked if it's fun to play this "reckless" side to the usually-sensible teacher, he explained: "Oh yeah, absolutely, it's the most fun to play from an actor's perspective, definitely."But you can't do it for too long, otherwise the audience goes off you, they’ve got to be able to see both sides to relate to the sudden loss of control."Coronation Street airs Monday to Friday at 8:30pm on ITV1 and is available to stream from 7am on ITV X.Article continues below* Follow Mirror Celebs and TV on TikTok , Snapchat , Instagram ,Twitter ,Facebook , YouTube and Threads .