{"id":730229,"date":"2026-06-11T17:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/730229\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T17:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:48:12","slug":"exclusive-hollyoaks-confirms-new-ste-and-rex-drama-after-wedding-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/730229\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Hollyoaks confirms new Ste and Rex drama after wedding joy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hollyoaks spoilers<\/a> follow.<\/p>\n

Hollyoaks stars Kieron Richardson and Jonny Labey have teased that their characters Ste Hay and Rex Gallagher’s relationship could be headed for the rocks once again, as Rex’s crossdressing story will be revisited. <\/p>\n

Ste and Rex married on screen a few weeks ago \u2013 but it was a turbulent road to the altar, as Ste discovered that Rex had secretly been wearing women’s clothes. <\/p>\n

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Related: Hollyoaks airs scary cliffhanger as character collapses<\/a><\/p>\n

Although Ste initially opposed Rex’s experimentation, he eventually came round and supported Rex on his journey to find himself. <\/p>\n

However, it seems that Rex’s crossdressing will continue to cause issues for the couple. Chatting exclusively to Inside Soap<\/a> as part of the magazine’s first-ever Pride issue, Kieron and Jonny reveal that despite their marriage having only just begun, there’s more difficulties to come for them.
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“The cross-dressing storyline is revisited again, and Ste has really tried to suppress how he feels about that,” reveals Kieron. “In the next chapter, something happens to Rex, so he leans into this and then fabricates a story to pull Ste in a little bit and to almost force him to love him. <\/p>\n

“It\u2019s really sad that Rex feels like he has to do that. Ste is trying to be as supportive as he can, and I just don\u2019t think he knows how to handle it.”<\/p>\n

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Related: Hollyoaks \u2013 why Leah Barnes was recast after two years away<\/a><\/p>\n

“Ste goes through such a journey with his understanding and his judgement, what he is actually in love with and what he\u2019s attracted to,” Jonny adds. <\/p>\n

“Does attraction and sex play into the same feelings you have in terms of how you feel love for someone? Their relationship always has love for each other at its heart, though.”<\/p>\n

Read the full chat with Kieron and Jonny in the new bumper Pride issue of Inside Soap<\/a>, out now.<\/p>\n

Hollyoaks airs on Mondays-Wednesdays with its Channel 4 streaming<\/a> premiere at 7am, then an E4 broadcast the same night at 7pm. Full episodes are also released on YouTube a week after their Channel 4 release.<\/p>\n

Selected omnibus episodes are available via Prime Video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read more Hollyoaks spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

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