

Saying ‘my life is a soap opera’ is just a convenient, kitschy way to chalk up such an episode.īut that all changed for me about a month ago. I am just as guilty as the next person when it comes to explaining a period in life where everything seems to be far too complicated with hardly a simple moment scattered in between. But have you ever really taken the time to consider why people utter such a thing? The Sun noted, "'Hollyoaks' fans are in shock after Toby seduced his cousin Lisa and then outed his brother Mitchell to his family," though it's unclear which controversial issue disturbed fans more.‘My life is a soap opera.’ We have all likely used that phrase at one time or another to explain a highly dramatic, troublesome, even mysterious time in our lives or someone else’s. Then, a 2020 storyline saw Toby use incest as part of a devious plan. And in yet another shocking (and arguably unnecessary) twist, Sienna became pregnant with Dodger's baby. "Hollyoaks" returned to an incest plot again in 2012, with twins-turned-lovers, Dodger and Sienna (above), who were unaware they were separated at birth. The producer, Bryan Kirkwood, admitted to Channel 4 that while the storyline "was always going to push the boundaries," it ultimately failed "because the character was a cardboard cut-out and poor Andy Moss who played Rhys wasn't given a chance to succeed." Even more awkwardly, they continue the affair even after discovering they're related.

The series first portrayed incest in 2007, when characters Rhys and Beth began a romance only to find out later that they were half brother and sister.
