35 Facts About Ste Hay

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Ste Hay is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Kieron Richardson.

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Ste Hay debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 17 February 2006.

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3.

Ste Hay has been at the centre of several storylines including joyriding, domestic abuse, a baby kidnapping plot, drug dealing, HIV, far right radicalisation and a gay relationship.

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4.

Ste Hay was initially portrayed as a "bad boy" type character.

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5.

Ste Hay has subsequent relationships with Rae Wilson and Noah Baxter which become subject to love "triangle" storylines involving Brendan.

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6.

Character of Ste Hay was originally a background character, who was cast by David Hanson for only seven episodes.

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7.

Ste Hay added his participation in the reality television series was for "fun", and stating: "I still want to stay at Hollyoaks and progress in my career there" because he did not think he was a good enough actor to pursue other projects.

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8.

When Ste Hay was introduced on Hollyoaks, he was introduced as a violent and rebellious teenager who was often in trouble.

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9.

Ste Hay began working in restaurant Il Gnosh to earn money for his children, showing that the character had matured.

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10.

Ste Hay felt Ste was emulating fellow character Tony Hutchinson because Ste was "running a restaurant, camping it up like him and talking like him".

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11.

Ste Hay stated he could imagine "how frightening it would be to have him as a boyfriend" and condemned his "violence and bullying" because it is always unacceptable.

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12.

Ste Hay was left looking after both Lucas and Amy's daughter Leah.

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13.

Ste Hay told Amy's father Mike to look after Lucas and Leah in the aftermath of the baby plot because he didn't think he was a good father.

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14.

Ste Hay reported that Jude was camera shy and liked to play with camera equipment during filming and that he told Croft-Lane that his name was actually Ste.

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15.

Ste Hay saw a nicer side to Brendan and they formed an "unusual friendship, " which eventually led to having a wild lads night out and a drunken kiss.

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16.

Ste Hay felt it was interesting to see how Ste coped with the being the victim of domestic violence.

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17.

Ste Hay had difficulties portraying it initially, this was because he was not familiar with the subject.

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18.

Ste Hay branded the storyline as unpredictable because viewers never know if Brendan was going kiss or hit Ste.

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19.

Ste Hay felt a connection he never felt before because he hadn't had another male partner.

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20.

Marquess later stated that Brendan's past would be explained and that everyone should remember it was Ste Hay who used to hit Amy first, adding: "So it's a dark and interwoven story made all the more complicated by the introduction of a new love interest for Ste Hay".

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21.

Richardson explained that there is confusion as to whether Doug is jealous of Ste Hay dating a guy - or just jealous that his friend is being taken from him.

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22.

Ste Hay added that the two groups had "this little war" developing on social networking website Twitter.

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23.

Ste Hay is a "thoughtful, intelligent, articulate and well respected member of the teaching profession".

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24.

Ste Hay has a "cheeky twinkle in his eyes" which charm everyone.

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25.

Ste Hay explained that Danny had attempted to make contact on many occasions but Ste's mother, Pauline Hay prevented it.

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26.

Ste Hay's would "go head-to-head" with Ste for a storyline tackling blended family life.

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27.

Ste Hay is the prime suspect because of Amy taking Leah and Lucas away from him especially Amy's parents Mike and Kathy for whom they blamed him for abusing Amy.

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28.

Ste Hay's accused storyline of Amy death leads the star Richardson to take a small breaks from the show due to paternity leave, and made a full-time return on 18 December 2017.

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29.

In November 2018, it was announced that Ste Hay would be targeted and groomed by the newcomer, Jonny Baxter.

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30.

The story sees Jonny target and groom Ste Hay after discovering his hatred for the Maalik family, who are Muslim, however this begins when Dr Misbah Maalik fails to save Ste Hay's half-sister Tegan Lomax following injuries from a storm, and she dies as a result.

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31.

Ste Hay added that Ste is an ideal person to recruit since he is "very vulnerable and low on his self-esteem".

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32.

Ste Hay added that the story is "a modern story about protecting young people online".

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33.

Ste Hay was nominated for the same award in 2008 and at the 2011 awards he was nominated for "Best Actor".

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34.

Ste Hay was again nominated in the category of "Serial Drama Performance" at the 2012 National Television Awards.

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35.

Ste Hay gave credit to the show for its slow build up over a few months.

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