CORONATION Street actress Tanisha Gorey has gone Instagram official with her off-screen boyfriend.
The stunning actress, 18, decided to share her relationship with Manchester student Lucas Whelan with her 23k followers after previously being coy about her love life.
The soap favourite, who plays troubled teen Asha Alahan on the ITV soap, reposted a loved up snap, which smitten Lucas had posted to celebrate Tanisha's 18th Birthday.
Her boyfriend shared a cute selfie to his Instagram stories, which she later reposted to her public page.
Lucas wrote: "Want to wish the biggest happy birthday to the best girlfriend anyone could ask for :).
"You're the best and hope you have the best day ever."
He finished the sweet message writing, "love you lots".
Tanisha recently spoke up about how devastated she felt for Asha amid her 'sex tape' leak.
Fans were horrified when Asha was forced into stripping off for her boyfriend Corey on video chat.
Corey told her she was pretty, before manipulating her into taking off her top.
He begged the teenager: “Show me. I really, really like you. Please.”
After making Corey promise not to tell anyone, Asha did as he asked.
Asha then told her pals that she’d stripped for Corey, not realising that he’d recorded it without her consent.
And when Asha took Amy’s side during an argument, disaster struck.
Kelly was furious with Asha and sent the video from Corey’s phone to the party group chat as an act of revenge.
She told Digital Spy about the impact of the incident on her character Asha.
The actress said: "Asha thinks it's Corey who put the picture out there, so therefore she feels it's her own wrongdoing and she doesn't want anyone else knowing about it.
"She just wants the ground to open and swallow her up, she wants no attention drawn to it whatsoever. She thought she could trust Corey and she made a bad judgement call. She's humiliated and she doesn't want it all dredging up anymore, as it's bad enough."
Tanisha also added that the storyline will delve into how the video affects her self-esteem.
Asha started using illegal skin lightening creams last year in a dramatic storyline after growing insecure about her appearance.
Tanisha added: "The skin lightening obsession broke her down as a person and made her hate herself. Now this has happened and she's suffering from all the comments that people are making, it’s another level.
"I think she sheds another layer of her self esteem. She's trying to be strong by going into school, but as the days go on, it escalates and it's wearing her down more and more."
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