{"id":271364,"date":"2026-02-03T05:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T05:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/271364\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T05:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T05:52:11","slug":"hollyoaks-ste-plans-surprise-proposal-for-rex-in-huge-romantic-cliffhanger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/271364\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollyoaks’ Ste plans surprise proposal for Rex in huge romantic cliffhanger"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Hollyoaks\u2019 Ste Hay decides to take his relationship to the next level next week, when he proposes to unsuspecting Rex Gallagher. Ste and Rex\u2019s relationship has survived many curveballs recently, including Ste\u2019s fling with his son\u2019s ex-boyfriend Dillon, and the return of Ste\u2019s supposedly dead husband James<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While Rex is still hiding a secret of his own<\/a>, Ste is confident that his current partner is the one, having even turned down James in order to focus on his romance with Rex. In an exclusive chat with us at Inside Soap, Kieron Richardson, who plays Ste, explains why his character pops the question\u2026<\/p>\n

“Let\u2019s not be shy, Ste is a sucker for a wedding!” he laughs. “He thinks that love equals marriage, living together and raising kids \u2013 though we all know that Ste isn\u2019t the best dad and does make some terrible choices.<\/p>\n

“All he\u2019s ever wanted is that happy family unit because he never had that growing up. He really does love Rex, and he thinks this is his way to get him.”<\/p>\n

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However, Ste really doesn\u2019t pick the right moment, as Rex is about to leave with Froggy to scatter the ashes of his late mum Grace<\/a>, so he is blindsided by this declaration of love and he doesn\u2019t immediately give an answer.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s the wrong timing,” Kieron explains. “Rex is literally holding Grace\u2019s ashes, but Ste is unaware of that, I think he just thinks it\u2019s some kind of weird tin!<\/p>\n

“He just gets down on one knee and blurts it out in front of Rex\u2019s grandad. It\u2019s left on a bit of a cliffhanger of whether Rex accepts the proposal, or he walks away\u2026”<\/p>\n

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Related: Exclusive – Hollyoaks return ahead for Sally St Claire after a year away<\/a><\/p>\n

Rex leaves Ste hanging, and he and Froggy head to a clifftop by the sea<\/a> to say a proper goodbye to Grace. As they discuss memories, Froggy wonders whether Rex will say yes to Ste \u2013 but would Kieron like to see his alter ego get wed once again?<\/p>\n

“I think it would be nice to see a bit of happiness for Ste, and a bit of light relief for the entire family,” he says.<\/p>\n

“I would like to see a wedding, but as all of Ste\u2019s weddings have ended in disaster, I\u2019m guessing something big could happen \u2013 maybe James could turn up to try and stop the wedding, or maybe someone else will die?”<\/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

For exclusive soap star interviews, gossip, spoilers and theories every week, don’t miss the Soap Scoop podcast<\/a> from Inside Soap magazine. The latest episode<\/a> delves into next week\u2019s soap spoilers, from Moira\u2019s arrest in Emmerdale, to Nigel and Julie\u2019s wedding in EastEnders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hollyoaks spoilers follow. Hollyoaks\u2019 Ste Hay decides to take his relationship to the next level next week, when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[139738,137242,137241,635,141122,637,146,1345,85,46,636,141121,141123,411],"class_list":{"0":"post-271364","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-collection-exclusives","9":"tag-collection-inside-soap","10":"tag-collection-latest-news","11":"tag-content-type-news","12":"tag-contentid-b646cb6e-2c3c-4a37-ae49-2fb50f381da5","13":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-hasproduct-true","16":"tag-il","17":"tag-israel","18":"tag-locale-gb","19":"tag-shorttitle-hollyoaks-ste-plans-surprise-rex-proposal-in-cliffhanger","20":"tag-subsection-hollyoaks","21":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}