Hollyoaks spoilers follow.
Hollyoaks has aired disturbing scenes as Rayne Royce turned violent towards her boyfriend Romeo Nightingale.
The social media influencer has been spiralling down a dark path in recent weeks, falsely accusing Prince of sexually assaulting her and manipulating Romeo away from his friends and family.
Her latest plot to degrade Peri backfired, with her blackmail plan coming unstuck as Prince and Hunter filmed a video of Rayne admitting that she faked an argument for views.
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In tonight’s (August 21) episode, the influencer promptly apologised to her followers before vowing to “destroy” whoever posted the video.
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As she planned her “Rayneissance”, Romeo came up with the idea to prove that they were indeed a “power couple”, planning a big event involving fireworks and a helicopter jump.
It wasn’t long before she bumped into Peri, with the pair exchanging insults as they sought to intimidate each other.
With Rayne repeatedly threatening to share the video of Peri with a drug dealer, the latter admitted that she would gladly sacrifice her own image if it meant bringing Rayne down, and didn’t care if Romeo was caught in the crossfire.
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Peri and Prince later called James for help, pleading for him to look into Rayne's past so they could wake Romeo from his slumber.
After viewing Rayne's apology video, he was left in two minds whether to intervene, with Ste questioning if Romeo needed his father interfering with his love life.
His mind was made up, however, as he saw Rayne snap at both Lacey and Nadira when asking for money, with James proclaiming that "something was wrong" with Rayne.
Rayne and Romeo began to argue as they returned home, with Romeo labelling her a "fake" and a "bully." Rayne retaliated by making a crass remark about his late sister Juliet, with things taking a turn for the worse as he attempted to leave.
As Romeo remarked that she would end up alone, Rayne pushed him with enough force to smash the glass table, with the credits rolling as a pained Romeo lay in agony...
Hollyoaks streams first online via Channel 4, with new episodes dropping each weekday morning. The show airs Mondays to Fridays at 6.30pm on Channel 4, and at 7pm on E4.
Selected omnibus episodes are available via Prime Video.
