Chris Gray Chris Gray was the husband of lap dancer Cheryl Gray and father of Russell Gray . He was known to beat Cheryl from time to time , and after learning of her friendship with Street Cars taxi driver Lloyd Mullaney , he gave her a black eye . When he saw Cheryl and Lloyd talking to each other in his cab when he gave her a ride home , he then beat her up in front of their young son Russ . Cheryl got Lloyd to pick her and Russ up to get away from Chris . Chris later turned up at Street Cars demanding Steve McDonald to tell him where his wife was , however Steve later told him to leave , as he ' d heard from Lloyd about the abuse . Cheryl later reluctantly agreed to let Chris see Russ . Cheryl was annoyed when Chris got a labouring job at Underworld to be closer to Cheryl and Russ . He told her that he ' d learned his lesson and wanted her back . Lloyd insisted he should deal with Chris but Cheryl urged him not to . However , Lloyd ignored her and urged Chris ' s boss Owen Armstrong to sack him , but Owen supported his employee . Lloyd later apologised to Cheryl for not letting the situation drop and they slept together . This prompted Russ to run away and Chris and Lloyd had a fight when Lloyd called him a coward . In October 2010 , Chris met Maria Connor and the pair stuck a chord . When Lloyd discovered this , he warned her off Chris . In December , Chris provoked Lloyd and they brawled yet again in The Joinery , just before it exploded . They then called a truce and helped each other to safety . Chris began seeing Maria later in the month despite Lloyd ' s warning . In April 2011 , Chris punched Frank Foster after Maria told him Frank had tried to rape her . In August , Chris was told he might have a brain tumour after suffering symptoms of clumsiness and memory loss . He discovered this was the case and had to undergo radiotherapy with Cheryl taking pity on him . Lloyd , despite what Chris has done , decided to let him stay with them at 13 Coronation Street so he wouldn ' t be alone . However Chris chose the chance to manipulate and make Lloyd ' s life hell , pretending to be suffering side - effects of his illness . When the tumour reduced , he refused to tell them and still made believe he was dying . He later embarked in an affair with Cheryl and then told a devastated Lloyd . Cheryl decided to leave Lloyd and get back with Chris for Russ ' s sake . When Cheryl attempted to move her belongings out of Lloyd ' s house with Chris in tow , a broken Lloyd went mad and set fire to the couch in the street . Having enough of Chris , he pushed him away and Chris banged his head . He was taken to Weatherfield General , where Cheryl found out that Chris was lying about his prognosis . When Lloyd refused to take her back , Cheryl left Weatherfield with Russ . The neighbours quickly found out about Chris ' s deception , and he was fired from the builder ' s yard by Owen , and Jason Grimshaw kicked out of No . 12 where he had been staying and barred from the Rovers by landlady Stella Price . With nothing left for him , Chris got into a cab and left . Quotes . " Hi Love " ( First line , to wife Cheryl ) " Oh right , this is how its going to be is it ? all for one and one for all . You didn ' t make Cheryl fall back in love with me , you look at me ! " ( Final line )