{"id":487624,"date":"2026-03-21T12:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T12:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/487624\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T12:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T12:43:12","slug":"hollyoaks-rex-gallagher-to-take-brave-step-as-emotional-story-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/487624\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollyoaks’ Rex Gallagher to take brave step as emotional story continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Hollyoaks’ Rex Gallagher is set to take a big step as he experiments with his gender expression<\/a>. The character has been wearing dresses and other women’s clothing in secret, with only grandad Froggy Black and co-worker Ro Hutchinson aware \u2013 but he’s terrified<\/a> of his fianc\u00e9 Ste Hay finding out.<\/p>\n

In scenes set to air next week, Ro suggests Rex go to a drag night, so he can try going out in a dress and heels in public without fear of judgement.<\/p>\n

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When Ste interrupts them, Rex says it’s a suggestion for the stag do. Later on, Ste is knee deep in wedding preparation while Rex tries on the suit his fianc\u00e9 has ordered for him.<\/p>\n

Rex then confides in Froggy about the drag night suggestion. Froggy, wanting Rex to be happy, suggests that he give it a go.<\/p>\n

Stepping out in heels, a wig and a long dress, Rex makes his first public appearance in his new look.<\/p>\n

The people around him welcome him and accept him, and he finds himself truly warmed by the response.<\/p>\n

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Related: Hollyoaks reveals Ant Hutchinson’s reaction to Diane’s devastating news<\/a> <\/p>\n

Will this give him the courage to open up to Ste?<\/p>\n

Recent scenes have seen the wedding take on a different meaning, as Ste proposed they moved it forward in order to give the Hutchinson family some happy memories in the middle of Diane’s battle with terminal cancer<\/a>.<\/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 for EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale – from Jodie\u2019s latest move in Weatherfield, to Oscar\u2019s new romance on the Square!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hollyoaks spoilers follow. Hollyoaks’ Rex Gallagher is set to take a big step as he experiments with his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[147950,379,172702,381,96,2788,1156,172701,148053,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-487624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-456cd349-825c-4fe5-9dad-b57536ab6daf","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-hasproduct-true","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-hollyoaks-rex-gallagher-to-take-brave-step","tag-subsection-hollyoaks","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}