Andy Carver Andrew " Andy " Carver initially introduced himself to the residents of Coronation Street posing as Michael Rodwell ' s son Gavin . Biography . 2014 - 2015 : Posing as Gavin . In November 2014 he went to meet Michael at Just Nick ' s . The meeting didn ' t go according to plan and Andy left , however he later contacted Michael and asked to meet the next day . Later that month he attempted to contact the real Gavin after finding out that Michael suffered from a heart condition , which was confirmed to be hereditary . He continued to build a bond with Michael and was immediately hired by Nick Tilsley at the bistro when he learned that Andy was an experienced waiter , although Andy seemed to show signs of uneasiness at his deceit and attempted to contact the real Gavin on several occasions . He also met co - worker Steph Britton there . On New Year ' s Eve after Leanne Tilsley was reinstated as bistro manager , she asked him for references , national insurance number and bank details which caused him to panic out of fear of being exposed . However he managed to get hold of Gavin ' s national insurance details , and made up the story that he didn ' t have access to his bank account because of an incident of hacking . On New Year ' s Day , he kissed Steph . In January 2015 , a guilt - ridden Andy confessed to Steph about his deceit in the aftermath of Michael suffering another shock collapse . He admitted that he was a flatmate of the real Gavin Rodwell , and after Gavin had fled with his girlfriend Andy visited Michael as part of a prank , but felt bad when he realised Michael was genuinely sorry for not being in the real Gavin ' s life . He agreed to tell Michael everything , but he and Steph decided not to after they found out that Michael required open heart surgery , and that the shock would most likely kill him . In March , Andy was shocked when he found out from Steph that the real Gavin Rodwell was back from Thailand . When Andy went to see Gavin at the flat , Gavin began questioning him about why he had received pay slips from Nick ' s Bistro and questioned him over a letter written by Michael . Defeated , Andy revealed he was using Gavin ' s identity , and tried to insist that Michael was a changed man and regretted abandoning his son . Gavin wasn ' t so sympathetic however , and threatened to expose Andy ' s lies . Later that evening when Andy and Steph were at the Rovers along with Michael and his fiancée Gail McIntyre , Gavin turned up and said that he would remain silent on the condition that Andy paid him £5 , 000 . However , in the following days , Gavin died in a car accident . Gail , Steph and Andy were shocked . Gail attended Gavin ' s funeral and met his mother , Susan Meldrum . The following month , Gail suspiciously started buying flowers for Gavin ' s grave but David followed her one day and found out the truth . Meanwhile , evil drug - dealer Callum Logan was trying to gain custody of his son Max Turner ( who was living with stepfather David ) . On Gavin ' s birthday , David blackmailed Andy into helping him get Callum arrested . He made him buy drugs in The Swarbrick Arms and he then drove to The Dog & Gun and forced Andy to plant drugs in Callum ' s car . However Callum , along with his mates Gemma Winter and Macca , returned to the car and found Andy . They held him hostage in the pub ' s back room and threatened to beat him up . As Callum was about to attack Andy , he said that he would tell him everything . At that moment David walked in . After an argument , Callum released Andy but kidnapped David and beat him up . Andy returned to Gavin ' s birthday party late and told a shocked Steph about everything that happened . David was subsequently released by Callum and returned to Coronation Street , but had suffered a beating by his hands first . Andy ' s deceit was unveiled in June when Gavin ' s mother Susan Meldrum sent an album to Michael with pictures of Gavin . Andy awkwardly sat next to Michael as he looked through the photographs , but in later childhood images , it became clear that Andy wasn ' t Gavin . Michael was angry , even more so at Gail for not telling him and Michael subsequently walked out on Gail . Andy ' s crime was soon forgotten , as nobody reported him and he continued working at the Bistro as Nick saw him a good employee and didn ' t want to lose him . Andy began to slowly patch things up with Michael , who later moved in with him and Steph at 19a Victoria Street . Despite Michael settling things with Andy , he wasn ' t interested in reconciling things with Gail and instead got together with Gail ' s enemy Eileen Grimshaw . 2016 - 2017 : Conflict with Pat Phelan . Michael left in March 2016 after Eileen decided to end their relationship and got together with Pat Phelan , a builder who Michael didn ' t trust . The ( rightful ) distrust of Phelan drove a wedge between the couple , which resulted in Eileen dumping Michael . Michael attempted to get back with Gail , however she seemed to show disinterest in getting back with him , which subsequently led to him leaving for Brighton with his ice cream van . Andy broke the news to Gail that Michael had left , much to her disappointment . After Andy and Steph ' s landlord Jason Grimshaw left for Thailand in June , Phelen began to run the day - to - day operations of Jason ' s Construction . Phelan made a suggestion to Eileen that she should raise Andy and Steph ' s rent , which she agreed to although they struggled . When Michael made an unexpected return in July after several months away , he offered to move in with them to help with the rent , much to Phelan ' s annoyance . In January 2017 , Phelan discovered that Andy had vital evidence proving that he was behind the luxury apartments con that he had planned with his friend Vinny Ashford . He then proceeded to smash Kevin ' s laptop over Andy ' s head several times . Phelan then told Steph that he had run away without her . Quotes . " Hello , dad " ( First line , to Michael Rodwell )