322:. Karen soon came up with her latest idea. She and Steve should separate so they could have the wedding of "their" dreams. She decided it must seem like the couple have fallen out so she staged arguments in The Rovers and threw his belongings out into the street, setting many residents against him. After many pleas, he had finally had enough and told her that the separation would happen but there wouldn't be another wedding. Karen tried desperately to stop the separation but was too late. She was surprised when Steve prepared a romantic night on a canal boat and proposed. They set a date for February 2004. However, over Christmas 2003,
338:), following a one-night stand when he and Karen were apart. Unable to accept that Steve didn't want her, Tracy cancelled the flowers for the wedding and the venue. Steve found out in time and managed to book another venue that Karen had wanted without her knowing. The second wedding day arrived and most of Weatherfield went. Tracy also went, determined to get her baby back and ruined the ceremony by blurting out that Steve was the but's father when the Croppers insisted that the baby was staying with them. However, Tracy's adoptive father,
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Karen that she can get Steve to propose to her. Of the storyline, Suranne Jones stated that: "Karen can't believe she's on the verge of getting married for a bet". She characterises Karen as "not the type of girl to back out of a tricky situation" and states that she and Steve find themselves "in a game of bluff" with each "waiting for the other to pull out." Karen was the 53rd female character to get married in
310:) said that none of Karen's boyfriends ever took her seriously. Janice bet ÂŁ10 that Karen wouldn't be able to get engaged, so Karen persuaded Steve to propose in front of The Rovers' regulars. Neither Karen nor Steve would back out but each thought that the other would. They held the reception at The Rovers. Six weeks later, they finally arranged their honeymoon in Florida. Having moved into the flat above
365:) into going to London where he found out that the "McDonald-Barlows" were to appear on a new quiz show called "Top of the Tree". Steve conceded defeat and agreed to appear on the show and the family won a car, thanks to Karen being Steve's "Phone a Friend" and providing the winning answer, (yet she didn't realise that it was a game show). When Karen found out about the game show, she was fuming. At the
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209:. Karen was created by producer Jane Macnaught as a recurring character and one of the factory girls. She made her debut in the episode airing on 21 June 2000. On 13 May 2004, Jones announced her decision to leave the soap and her final episode was broadcast on 26 December 2004. Karen's storylines have focused on her number of boyfriends including,
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Favourite TV Bitch". In 2003, the 'will they, won't they?' storyline between Karen and Joe Carter was a ratings winner with over 15 million viewers tuning in, maintaining the high ratings of the highly successful Richard Hillman murder storyline.
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Christmas party, Karen started to have stomach pains and it was later confirmed that she had miscarried. Grieving, Karen was emotional and when she discovered that Liz had told Tracy about her miscarriage, she was furious. She took the car won on the game show, not realising that baby Amy was in the
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