{"id":519606,"date":"2026-06-26T14:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/519606\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:25:11","slug":"exclusive-hollyoaks-confirm-a-cruel-summer-for-ste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/519606\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Hollyoaks confirm a “cruel summer” for Ste"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hollyoaks spoilers follow.<\/p>\n

Hollyoaks star Kieron Richardson has confirmed drama to come for his character Ste Hay amidst an exciting summer for the soap.<\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively to Inside Soap, Kieron revealed that there’s lots to come for Ste when asked if he’d like to see his character’s on-screen best friend Sienna Blake be released from prison.<\/a><\/p>\n

Sienna was imprisoned after her notorious villainous streak resurfaced and led her to murder Clare Devine by pushing her off a cliff, before gaslighting her girlfriend Cleo McQueen into thinking that she committed the crime.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Related: Hollyoaks’ Rex faces trolling turmoil \u2013 but there’s a twist<\/a><\/p>\n

“I\u2019d like to see her released at some point so they can reunite, a lot has happened and she\u2019d come back to a very different village to the one she left,” Kieron muses. “And so much is going on, it\u2019s definitely going to be a cruel summer for Ste!”<\/p>\n

Currently, Ste’s husband Rex Gallagher is lying to him<\/a> about being attacked at the garage, making out that he was beat up for wearing women’s clothes. Rex’s crossdressing was almost a dealbreaker for the marriage<\/a>, with Ste almost not going ahead with the wedding.<\/p>\n

“Ste thinks he\u2019s okay with Rex wearing women\u2019s clothes but whenever they get intimate, it just doesn\u2019t do it for him,” reveals Kieron. “He\u2019s not the Rex that Ste fell in love with. For their relationship to move forward they must be completely honest with each other\u2026”<\/p>\n

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Related: Hollyoaks secures permanent return for James Nightingale<\/a><\/p>\n

Away from filming, Kieron has just launched an exciting new podcast with his co-star and good friend Anna Passey, who plays Sienna. The podcast came to fruition after the duo presented Hollyoaks Unwrapped together last year as part of the soap’s 30th anniversary celebrations.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019ll be catching up on what we\u2019ve been up to, then we\u2019ll introduce a food element to it, and get the audience involved, whether you need any advice or just want to say a little hello,” Kieron teases. ” The set is a late-night caf\u00e9 vibe, we want you to pull up a chair and join in!”<\/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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