Hollyoaks is set to touch upon John Paul McQueen's relationship with PC George Kiss in upcoming scenes. John Paul and George dated from 2020 to 2021, with George becoming controlling and abusive towards John Paul.
The storyline culminated with PC George being killed by Sally St Claire when she and Theresa confronted him about abusing John Paul.
The whole experience left John Paul traumatised and struggling with alcoholism, leading to him losing his job and being involved in a near-fatal minibus crash.
Now getting his life back together and working as a teacher in the school, this week's episode sees him struggling with Dee Dee and Ant Hutchinson, putting them both in detention and receiving a barrage of insults in the process.
An incident with Ant while he is in detention leads John Paul to call the police, and the youngster is left distraught as Officer Smithy considers taking him to the station.
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John Paul is shaken by the interaction, and later at his addiction support group, he tells them that due to his past abusive relationship with a policeman, he felt triggered by the day's events.
It comes after it was announced that John Paul actor James Sutton will be leaving Hollyoaks after 20 years.
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He is reportedly set to leave as part of an "explosive" storyline this year, with The Sun claiming that James has now shot his final scenes.
Neither the actor nor soap bosses have publicly addressed or confirmed his exit.
It would not be the first time James has left the soap, with the actor exiting the village in 2008 and 2017 before making returns.
Hollyoaks airs on Mondays-Wednesdays with its Channel 4 streaming 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.
Selected omnibus episodes are available via Prime Video.
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