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Another Hollyoaks character exits in first-look episode

Another Hollyoaks character exits in first-look episode
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Another character exits Hollyoaks in tonight's first-look episode on E4.

Katie McGlynn's final scenes as Becky Quentin aired tonight on E4's first-look episode of Hollyoaks.

The character arrived in the village last summer and struck up a friendship with fellow mum Diane (Alex Fletcher), but ended up alienating her with her wild conspiracy theories and mistrust of doctors.

In recent months Becky started dating troubled Ollie (Gabriel Clark), who appeared to be taken in by her outlandish claims - but the final straw came tonight as Ollie realised that the mystery cure Becky had been pushing for his dad Luke (Gary Lucy) was nonsense.

"My dad is going to die and that is a fact," Ollie told her. "There's no big conspiracy behind it, just like there was no big conspiracy when your husband died.

"Becky, it's comforting to believe that there is, but I can't keep going down that rabbit hole. Not when my family needs me."

Taking to Instagram after the episode aired, McGlynn wrote: "Becky Quentin, over and out! It's been an absolute pleasure playing Becky and getting my teeth into something so different and gritty!

"As an actor, to be able to portray someone that has so much likeness to extremely current global issues from conspiracy theories to anti-vaxxers, corona virus and sinophobia...

"I really hope the storyline has helped raise some important issues and helps people see how easy it is for someone to be sucked into this whole world of fake news and conspiracy!

"Thank you to the entire cast and crew for being so unbelievably amazing and welcoming me with open arms! I will miss you all, but other exciting opportunities beckon..."

Hollyoaks continues weeknights on Channel 4 and E4.

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Neil Wilkes

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