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The Sun
3 days ago
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- The Sun
‘I lost my s***' admits Steph Waring as she reveals screaming at Hollyoaks bosses in tears on day she was axed from soap
FORMER Hollyoaks star Steph Waring has revealed the truth about what happened the day she was fired from the show. The actress - who played Cindy Cunningham in the Channel 4 soap - was let go in 2024 as part of a vast number of redundancies on the show as the show went down to three episodes per week. 2 And now she has opened up about her heartbreaking reaction on the day she was told she would be leaving after 28 years playing the character. Writing in her book Breaking the Script, Stephanie said: 'I walked into the office. There were two people there for the meeting: the newly appointed executive producer – a stalwart behind the scenes in various roles for years – and the long-standing head of production, who I'd known since I began on the show back in 1996. 'They asked me to sit. They explained that they'd be reading a scripted statement. As I listened, I could barely process what was being said. I was just waiting for the words I longed to hear: 'And therefore, we'd like Cindy to stay.' 'But as the statement neared its close, before the final words were even spoken, I felt a tear roll down my cheek. I was shaking as I looked at the two of them. 'Then it happened. 'And with that said, we will be losing Cindy from the show. I'm so sorry, Steph.' The world stopped for a second as I replayed those words in my head. Then… I lost my s***. ''What? No! You mean you're not taking me to the 30th?' I blurted out, referencing the upcoming anniversary of the show – a milestone that meant so much to the long-standing cast. ''I don't understand. No, I don't understand. I don't understand!' I was frantic. 'But I've been so loyal. Please, no. This is my life. I love my job – please, no!' 'Hysterically crying, I repeated myself, hoping one of them would see my distress and take it all back. Had they made a mistake? My world felt like it was imploding. Through my tears, I demanded to know, 'How am I on that list? Cindy is an original! I'm the longest-serving female character. I was the first person to give birth on the show.' 'I was clutching at anything, anything at all, to make them realise their mistake. How? Why was I the only original being cut? I couldn't understand. It felt so cold. I could see the distress I was causing them.' Despite being reassured that Cindy wouldn't be killed off, Steph let rip, furious and devastated in equal measure. She added: 'I wanted to scream: It's your bloody job to create the story and protect your long-standing characters! After 16 years and a 28-year-strong character, it should have been my choice to hang up her heels. But instead, I said, 'Just tell me when I'm going.' 'My new contract was set to start the following month, on 27 April. I had signed it, so I presumed I'd begin it and see out the year. What followed, though, was far from what I was expecting. They told me I would be leaving in July – just 12 weeks away. 'JULY?!!!!' 'I felt like I had swallowed a grenade, and it exploded inside me. A switch flipped. I couldn't make sense of it, so I fired back with all the ammunition I had, a few expletives rolling off my tongue like bullets. 'Yeah, I took it really well. They tried so hard to calm me down, to get me to breathe, but I was in full fight-or-flight mode. Hollyoaks - cast member cull HOLLYOAKS beauty Chelsee Healey has dropped the biggest hint yet she's been axed from the soap - yet what's happening at the Channel 4 show? Earlier this year, the Channel 4 soap was forced to address the cull of cast members. It came after The Sun was first to report Hollyoaks bosses plan to kill off a whopping 20 cast members. Now Chelsee, who recently took time away from her role as Goldie McQueen to give birth to her second daughter, has now made a cryptic move on X. The Manchester lass, 36, re-posted a picture of her character crying to her page. It came after Stephanie Waring, famed for her 28-year-long role as Cindy Cunningham, confirmed that soap bosses had axed her as part of the 20-person strong cast cull. Another big name set to quit for good is popstar turned soap star Jamelia. The soap's resident hunk and TV favourite Owen Warner has also left the show amid the cuts with fans left devastated to say goodbye to his character Romeo Nightingale. Jamie Lomas has also quit the show and will depart his Warren Fox role soon. Haiesha Mistry famed for her role as Yasmine Maalik has also left after seven years. 'And after my fight, in true dramatic fashion, I fled the room. I was still crying as I made my way through the building I had known my whole adult life, not quite grasping what had just happened. 'It felt like someone had died. My whole world had fallen apart in that moment. Everything I thought I knew had been taken from me so easily. I felt like nothing – like I didn't matter.' She fled the room and was found by her co-stars Jennifer Metcalfe and Kirsty Leigh Porter who supported her before she could go home to husband Tom. Stephanie also revealed how her agent had become determined to get soap bosses to reverse their decision - but in the end the actress herself decided she didn't want to stay. Since her Hollyoaks exit Steph has reinvented herself as a life coach.
The Sun
25-05-2025
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- The Sun
Hollyoaks legend announces huge career news a year after being sensationally axed from the show
A HOLLYOAKS legend has announced a huge career move a year after being sensationally axed from the show. Last year Hollyoaks underwent a huge shake-up which saw 20 cast members fired in a brutal mass cull. 3 3 3 Even original characters weren't safe from the chop, with Steph Waring - who made her first appearance as Cindy Cunningham in 1996 - losing her job on the Channel 4 soap. Now it seems Steph, 47, is ready to spill the beans on life on and off screen as she's announced her debut autobiography. Sharing the news with fans on Instagram, she said: "It's nearly time… 'My memoir Breaking the Script is coming June 4th. 'This is the story I've never told, until now.' Steph added: 'Most of you know me for playing Cindy Cunningham in Hollyoaks but in real life I've lived a very different story - one that I haven't told until now. 'It's very raw, unfiltered - very unfiltered - real, honest… the hardest but most rewarding thing I've ever done in my life and I can't wait to share it with you all.' After finding out she would be leaving the show last year, Steph confessed she was devastated by the news. She told The Sun: 'In the meeting they read from a script and a tear fell from my eye because I could just feel it in the room. 'They got to the end and said 'And with that, we will be losing Cindy from the show'. I just kept saying 'I don't understand'. 'I was very distraught, I didn't take it well - I was probably the most dramatic person they told. 'I just kept telling them 'I'm an original character'. I was clutching at anything - telling them 'but I was the first person to give birth on the show!' 'I could see the distress I was causing them because they were upset that I was so upset.'
The Irish Sun
30-04-2025
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- The Irish Sun
Hollyoaks star Stephanie Waring reveals secret health battle and shares treatment plan
HOLLYOAKS star Stephanie Waring has opened up about her secret health battle. 5 Steph Waring opened up about her health battle Credit: Instagram 5 Steph is having treatment for hair loss Credit: Youtube 5 The actress revealed her hair hair has started to become thinner since going through perimenopause - seen here in 2019 Credit: WireImage 5 Steph played Cindy Cunningham in Hollywoaks but was axed last year Credit: Channel 4 The actress has now revealed that she has sought help after noticing her hair was thinning, as her body started to change. She has now started having treatment to prevent this from happening further and to kick start regrowth. Opening up, the soap star said: "I was in perimenopause and I didn't even know that was. I had never even heard of it before. "When it comes to things like with the hair, you know, I've just noticed the thinning a bit. More on Steph Waring "Even though I've got short hair, it just is all falling into place. that before I got it caught, my hair was, I was losing a lot of it in the shower. So I was shredding quite a lot." Revealing she had sought help from the British Hair Clinic, Steph explained the treatment she was having. The actress said she was undergoing PRP hair treatment . This is a non-surgical procedure that uses a patient's own blood to stimulate hair growth and improve hair quality. Most read in Soaps AXED FROM HOLLYOAKS Steph joined The actress was on the show for 28 years and was on the very first series of the soap as an original character. Hollyoaks star pays emotional tribute on last day of filming after almost three decades on show She was part of news . Speaking exclusively to The Sun at the time, she said: "I was very distraught, I didn't take it well - I was probably the most dramatic person they told. 'I just kept telling them 'I'm an original character'. "I was clutching at anything - telling them 'but I was the first person to give birth on the show!' "I could see the distress I was causing them because they were upset that I was so upset." 5 The soap star joined Hollyoaks when she was just a teenager in 1996 Credit: Rex Features GETTING BACK TO WORK Earlier this month, But at the same time she confessed her new work will never "come close to her passion of being an actor". Speaking on social media, she said: "Someone asked me a question yesterday and it was 'what work do you do?' And I thought, good point. "What work do I do? And the first thing that came to my head was I'm an actor. That's all I've known for the last 30 years. "It's really hard out there, it's not easy "And that's one of the reasons why I stayed in Hollyoaks for so long, because it was security and I was doing what I loved every single day. And I didn't even question it." Addressing her new choice of career, Steph continued: "I do have days where I'm sad and I miss it and I've realised that is what I do... "I am 100% focused on [it], I'm passionate about [it], but it won't ever come close to my passion of being an actor."
