52 Facts About Scott Drinkwell

Scott Drinkwell is a fictional character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Ross Adams.

Scott Drinkwell is the cousin of Sinead O'Connor and nephew to Diane O'Connor.

Scott Drinkwell argued that there was no reason not to include a camp gay man after previously representing other personalities.

Scott Drinkwell has been involved in storylines including poisoning his aunt Diane, pretending to have HIV, being tricked into kidnapping Rose Lomax by Rose's "mother" Tegan Lomax, was manipulated by James Nightingale into ruining his family's restaurant business and finding out that he is adopted.

In 2017, Scott Drinkwell attempted to commit suicide, following a battle with depression.

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Scott Drinkwell later told Dianne Bourne of Manchester Evening News that the screen test went wrong because he was nervous and forgot his lines.

Scott Drinkwell was then offered a one-year contract with Hollyoaks, which left the actor shocked but happy to oblige.

Daniel Kilkelly from Digital Spy reported that Scott Drinkwell was a "troublesome new relative" for the show's established O'Connor family.

The reporter added that Scott Drinkwell would be "causing mischief" for his cousin Sinead O'Connor.

Scott Drinkwell is characterised as a "trouble-maker" with a blunt and outrageous personality.

Scott Drinkwell has a "camp and outgoing" persona and enjoys causing trouble.

Scott Drinkwell had a troubled upbringing and found it difficult at school with bullies.

Scott Drinkwell has never had a serious relationship in his life and Adams hoped Scott would find someone to settle down with.

Scott Drinkwell can be a "little bit catty and a bit vicious" but behind the facade he has a "good heart" and cares about his family.

Scott Drinkwell arrives in the Hollyoaks village to stay with Sinead.

Scott Drinkwell is hired to work at Hollyoaks High School as a personal assistant for Patrick Blake.

Scott Drinkwell is forced to sack Scott following a string of absences.

Scott Drinkwell learns that Sinead wants to snare Ste from John Paul and decides to help her.

Scott Drinkwell discovers that Harry Thompson has kissed John Paul, he records a conversation as evidence to show to Ste and ruin his relationship.

Scott Drinkwell did not intend to hurt or kill her, he wanted her to feel unwell so he had a purpose to stay around and look after her.

Scott Drinkwell wanted to feel "needed and loved" and because of Scott's backstory Adams believed it was genuine.

Scott Drinkwell was shown to be the culprit but appeared to be working with another character.

Scott Drinkwell was shown to be taking good care of Rose, even reassuring his accomplice everything was okay.

The following episode revealed that Scott Drinkwell had no contact with other characters and was unaware of how serious Rose's kidnap had been taken.

Scott Drinkwell's naivety is explained when Tegan is revealed to be the instigator of the kidnap plot and had tricked him.

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Scott Drinkwell believes he is helping a daughter remain in care of their mother.

Scott Drinkwell thinks he is helping Tegan and that faking a kidnap is therefore justified.

Scott Drinkwell thinks everything is fine and Adams stated that it was an example of Scott Drinkwell being unable to think rationally.

Scott Drinkwell decides to be honest with Diane and apologises for betraying her.

Fletcher told Kilkelly that Scott Drinkwell asking for Diane's forgiveness, which she gives to him easily, were "really emotional" scenes.

Scott Drinkwell offers to do the catering for Jason Roscoe and Holly Cunningham's wedding at a reduced cost of £200, which causes The Hutch to lose money.

James decides to fool Scott Drinkwell into believing he is attracted to him, knowing he will be useful to undermine the business.

Scott Drinkwell tells him that an old friend once burned down their business in order to claim on their insurance.

Scott Drinkwell believes Marnie and decides it could be the only way to save The Hutch too.

Scott Drinkwell was happy with the development because it was a "strength" pairing to form "the odd couple".

Scott Drinkwell teased that their relationship would be a "rocky road" full of problems.

Scott Drinkwell makes a bold move and asks John Paul to marry him after only dating for a few weeks.

Scott Drinkwell is a "true romantic" but John Paul cannot believe his boyfriend has acted serious so fast.

Scott Drinkwell tries to convince John Paul that he is too good to be with someone like Scott.

Myra's words cause John Paul to become ashamed of Scott Drinkwell and embarrassed to be seen with him because of what his friends think.

Scott Drinkwell discovers that John Paul's boss, transgender female Sally St Claire is John Paul's biological father.

Scott Drinkwell decides to keep Sally's secret but when John Paul learns the truth he is angry that Scott Drinkwell was not honest and ends their relationship.

Scott Drinkwell explained that Scott decided to be honest with John Paul because the guilt became an issue.

Scott Drinkwell likened Scott to a "lost puppy" who is always following John Paul around.

Scott Drinkwell believed it made Scott's "improbable relationship" with John Paul appear "even more ridiculous".

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Scott Drinkwell noted that Hollyoaks had long represented the LGBT community on the show with different types of characters.

Scott Drinkwell stated that he knew Scott would divide the audience but was not fazed as the show needed a character who caused conflict and happened to be gay.

Scott Drinkwell praised it for having a diverse set of characters including a trans character, lesbians and "masculine" gay characters such as John Paul and Ste.

Scott Drinkwell noted that therefore it was okay for the show to have a camp gay man such as Scott to add to the variety and reflect "different communities" within the LGBT community.

Scott Drinkwell noted that heterosexual men have different personalities, all represented in soap, so homosexual men with differences should be too.

Scott Drinkwell said it was important for the genre to represent such characters and he noted that there had been a trend in soaps that gay characters were becoming "very straight-acting" and more flamboyant gay characters were becoming invisible.

Scott Drinkwell acknowledged that newly introduced "larger than life and flamboyant" gay characters "can polarise opinion" and concluded that this was the case with Scott.