Coronation Street’s Lucy Fallon spent weeks in mental health hospital
Coronation Street’s Lucy Fallon has spoken about a period in her life that saw her spend five weeks in a mental health hospital.
The actress, who is 30, currently plays Bethany Platt in the ITV soap. It was during the first Coronavirus lockdown in 2020 that saw Lucy struggle with her mental health and, at the time, she struggled to see how she could move forward.
Lucy ended up getting admitted to The Priory, a hospital that specialises in treatment for mental health.
‘I was just at the absolute rock bottom that I’ve ever, ever felt. And I really, really, really struggled. I had a really bad batch of mental health towards the end of 2020 and I ended up being in The Priory for about five weeks because my mental health was so bad. I couldn’t see a way out of feeling how I was feeling.’
Continuing her chat on Johnny Seifert’s Secure the Insecure podcast, Lucy explained that her family played a huge role in getting her some help.
‘I ended up having to go to hospital, and it was from that point that other people were involved – my mum and my sisters and people that I’d worked with before. It almost felt like other people, other factors, were telling me, “Right, you need some serious help now. It’s gone a bit too far”. I really didn’t want to do it. I didn’t want to go and I even remember getting there. I really, really did not want to go in.’
When Lucy first arrived at the centre, she felt as though she wasn’t ‘bad enough to be there’.
‘It almost felt like this just feels a bit alien and a bit strange, like, I don’t know why I’m here’, she said.
After a few weeks though, Lucy started to settle in.
‘I got to grips with it. And actually after a week of being there, I liked it. I felt quite safe. I met quite a lot of people there who I sometimes still keep in contact with now.’
‘It took me a while to adjust’, Lucy added, revealing that she moved back in with her parents once she came out of the hospital.
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‘Coming out and being in the real world and just having to carry on felt strange. But I also had a really good support system around me.
‘Going and being with my mum and dad for a few weeks after, rather than just going back to my house, was a really nice thing – especially to have your tea cooked for you every night. And all my washing done as well.’
Life has changed a lot for Lucy since she went to The Priory.
‘It seems like a completely different life’, she noted, reflecting on the period.
‘I feel like that was a totally different version of me. And I’ve been lucky enough to say that I did manage to get myself out of it, because I know for so many people that’s not the reality and you can stay on that level and it’s really hard to get out of feeling like that.’
‘I just accepted that, that was a blip in my mental health and in my own journey. I do deserve to be happy and to be in the relationship that I’m in, and I deserve the job that I’ve had. I’ve worked really hard.
‘I don’t know if it was to do with being at The Priory for five weeks. I don’t know if it was that. But things just kind of stayed at a good level for me.’
Lucy is in a relationship with Ryan Ledson, a 28-year-old professional footballer.
The couple welcomed their daughter Nancy in January 2025, two years after the birth of their first child, Sonny, who arrived in January 2023.
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