{"id":309720,"date":"2026-02-21T11:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T11:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/309720\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T11:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T11:12:13","slug":"hollyoaks-stars-angus-castle-doughty-and-niamh-blackshaw-hit-back-at-split-rumours-with-sweet-selfie-from-mamma-mia-painting-date-and-insist-they-are-stronger-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/309720\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollyoaks stars Angus Castle-Doughty and Niamh Blackshaw hit back at split rumours with sweet selfie from Mamma Mia painting date and insist they are ‘stronger than ever’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hollyoaks<\/a> stars Angus Castle-Doughty and Niamh Blackshaw hit back at split rumours on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was previously reported the couple, who met on the Channel 4<\/a>\u00a0soap, had parted ways, with Angus, 31, allegedly ‘wiping all trace’ of Niamh, 27, from his social media accounts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, Angus has taken to his Instagram Story to share a sweet selfie of the pair during a Mamma Mia-themed painting date.<\/p>\n

Beaming for the camera, the loved-up couple proudly showed off their Greek-inspired artwork as they posed side-by-side.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He captioned the post: ‘Anyway here’s the Mamma Mia painting class we did and the paintings we are really proud of :)’\u00a0<\/p>\n

He added: ‘We forgot to pick up our paintings so that photo is the only way we can look at them :(‘\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Hollyoaks <\/p>\n

Hollyoaks stars Angus Castle-Doughty and Niamh Blackshaw hit back at split rumours on Friday<\/p>\n

\"It <\/p>\n

It was previously reported that the couple, who met on the Channel 4 soap, had parted ways, with Angus, 31, allegedly ‘wiping all trace’ of Niamh, 27, from his social media accounts<\/p>\n

The pair first met on Hollyoaks in 2022, where they starred as Eric Foster and Juliet Nightingale respectively, before both departing the long-running soap in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since then, their relationship has gone from strength to strength, with the pair regularly sharing loved-up snaps and sun-soaked holiday photos together.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The couple confirmed they were dating in January 2023, sending fans into a frenzy as they went public with their romance on New Year’s Eve.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Niamh shared a sweet black-and-white snap of the pair cosied up in front of a Christmas tree and reflected on the year gone by.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She\u00a0wrote: ‘Happy New Year [blue heart] a year of growth, learning, kindness, loneliness, boundaries and acceptance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She concluded the reflective post: ‘Ending in a better space than it began.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Angus shared his own playful shot of the pair to Instagram, along with the caption: ‘HNY \u2764\ufe0f.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

He later tweeted: ‘2022 saw me move to the other side of the country, take the biggest step in my career, a relationship end and a relationship start. I also bought a sleeveless shirt, so\u2026 every cloud.’<\/p>\n

\"Now, <\/p>\n

Now, Angus has taken to his Instagram Story to share a sweet selfie of the pair during a Mamma Mia-themed painting date. Beaming for the camera, the loved-up couple proudly showed off their Greek-inspired artwork<\/p>\n

\"He <\/p>\n

He captioned the post: ‘Anyway here’s the Mamma Mia painting class we did and the paintings we are really proud of :)’ adding: ‘We forgot to pick up our paintings so that photo is the only way we can look at them :(‘<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The pair first met on Hollyoaks in 2022, where they starred as Eric Foster and Juliet Nightingale respectively, before both departing the long-running soap in 2023<\/p>\n

\"Niamh <\/p>\n

Niamh first appeared in Hollyoaks in 2018 as Juliet Nightingale, quickly becoming a fan favourite during her time on the soap<\/p>\n

The couple went on to mark their two-year anniversary in 2024 with a series of sweet snaps shared on Instagram.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Niamh first appeared in Hollyoaks in 2018 as Juliet Nightingale, quickly becoming a fan favourite during her time on the soap.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Angus joined the cast in March 2022 as Eric Foster, the estranged brother of Tony (Nick Pickard) and Verity (Eva O’Hara).\u00a0<\/p>\n

The actor made headlines with his role as incel Eric on Hollyoaks, tormenting Maxine Minniver and threatening attacks on other women in the village, due to his warped misogynistic views.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A Cambridge definition for incel reads: ‘A member of a group of people on the internet who are unable to find sexual partners despite wanting them, and who express hate towards people whom they blame for this.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hollyoaks stars Angus Castle-Doughty and Niamh Blackshaw hit back at split rumours on Friday.\u00a0 It was previously reported…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1795,539,93,20041,61,60,1489],"class_list":["post-309720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-channel-4","tag-dailymail","tag-entertainment","tag-hollyoaks","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tvshowbiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}