Darren Osborne Latest Celebrity News & Gossip

ITV’s brand-new drama, Passenger, aired on Monday 25 with lots of familiar faces. However, one of the actors left viewers wondering where they had seen him before thanks to his very different appearance on previous shows. Actor Nico Mirallegro plays Kane Jackson in Passenger, but fans of his will know he started his career in Hollyoaks, and has gone on to star in My Mad Fat Diary, Our Girl, Ridley - and is currently filming for Paramount series, Stags.

Good Morning Britain star presenter Katy Rickitt is set to feature on an episode of Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks as a TV host asking students about their GCSE results. Katy was filmed alongside other stars in the show such as Ashley Taylor Dawson, who plays Darren Osborne, and Ela-May Demircan (Leah Barnes).The real life GMB presenter is married to former Hollyoaks regular Adam Rickitt who played Kyle Kelley until 2020 on Hollyoaks. In the special episode, Katy plays herself as she chats to students about their results which is a regular real-life feature of TV shows every results day.

Two years ago soap fan John Junior was watching an episode of the Channel Four soap Hollyoaks when they were jolted from the brink of suicide by a powerful storyline about mental health and suicide. John, who has battled depression since they were a child, had planned to end their own life until they saw heart-wrenching scenes featuring the grieving loved-ones of the character Kyle Kelly.

After much anticipation, Hollyoaks have revealed the identities of Darren Osborne's unknown kidnappers. The criminal couple will be played by Alex Rider's Ky Discala and newbie Matthew James-Bailey.

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Gallery: Hollyoaks reveals Darren Osborne accident drama in 13 new spoiler pictures (Digital Spy (UK))Unfortunately, the “if you can’t say anything nice…” brigade appears to have a firm grip on TV these days. Just this week, Graham Norton announced he was going to stop poking fun at celebrities on his chat show.

direct to your inboxA soap fan says they have a powerful Hollyoaks storyline to thank for saving their life.John Junior was struggling with suicidal thoughts while watching the soap storyline about friends Kyle Kelly and Darren Osborne, who were both suffering from depression. In June the character Kyle, played by Adam Rickitt, took his own life in a harrowing Hollyoaks story that highlighted suicide being the biggest cause of death in men under 50.