{"id":800465,"date":"2026-10-12T19:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T19:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/800465\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T19:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T19:14:16","slug":"hollyoaks-star-stuart-manning-updates-fans-after-worrying-hospital-dash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/800465\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollyoaks star Stuart Manning updates fans after worrying hospital dash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hollyoaks<\/a>‘ Stuart Manning has offered fans a health update after being rushed to hospital with burn injuries. The Russ Owen actor took to Instagram<\/a> on Saturday to show followers his painful burns as well as a smiling pic alongside a paramedic.<\/p>\n

The actor told fans, “Don’t play with fires”, while sharing a video of a large burn mark and blisters across his right hand and arm.<\/p>\n

He then shared a picture of his whole arm and hand wrapped in a bandage after being patched up at the hospital.<\/p>\n

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Taking to Instagram again today (12 October), Stuart has given some more details about his accident, including a picture posing with his bandaged arm raised in front of a fireplace with the caption: “The thing that burnt me but keeps me warm.”<\/p>\n

In another, he showed fans a picture of his arm without the bandage, looking a lot less pink and blistered than before, alongside the message: “Arms not to bad [sic].”<\/p>\n

He then posted snaps of his hand with a dressing, saying, “Here we gooooooo! Pain time,” as well as a picture of the hand unwrapped and the text “ouch” posted over the top of it.<\/p>\n

In a final photo on his Instagram Stories, he showed his newly dressed hand and now bare arm, writing: “Well that was better than expected!!”<\/p>\n

Stuart is best known for his role as Russ in the Channel 4 soap which he played from 2004 until 2009.<\/p>\n

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Russ then popped up again in Hollyoaks in 2018<\/a> as part of Breda McQueen’s serial killer storyline \u2013 unfortunately, as one of her victims<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The actor also bagged roles in Casualty, Doctors, Holby City, and appeared in the ninth series of I’m A Celebrity in 2009, coming in fifth place. <\/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

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