Diane (Alex Fletcher)

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Alex Fletcher has revealed that her character Diane O'Connor will soon forgive her stepdaughter Sinead for betraying her.

Diane faced a devastating revelation last month as she discovered that her partner Tony Hutchinson had been sleeping with Sinead.

Viewers recently saw Diane storm out of the village as she remained at odds with both Tony and Sinead, but it won't be long before she returns.

Fletcher told the Liverpool Echo: "She's got a lot of stuff going on, where she is back and forth to the solicitors, arguing over the kids, she won't let Tony see the kids on Christmas Day, and there is a bit of an accident. Something big happens at Christmas, but it brings Sinead and Diane back together.

"She can forgive Sinead, she just can't forgive Tony - I think because she sees him as a bit of a dirty old man."

The actress also said that she is enjoying exploring a new wardrobe for Diane, as the feisty character will start focusing on taking over the reins at Tony's restaurant.

She laughed: "I'm power-dressing now, because she's taken all of his money basically! She's more for the smart look.

"It's actually really nice, because she's in the restaurant and she's back in the game again now. She's not stuck at home with the kids."

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The Gloved Hand Killer looks set to strike again after sneaking into Diane O’Connor’s hospital room.

As we exclusively revealed last month, feisty Porsche McQueen gets into a fight with Diane after discovering she slept with husband Lockie Campbell.

In a fit of rage, Porsche pushes Diane who slips and falls out of an open window. She is rushed to hospital where she is left fighting for her life.

And as our pictures show, it is not just her injuries that could kill her.

Hollyoaks fans have been desperate to find out who killed Rick Spencer by injecting him with a heart attack-inducing amount of morphine to end his life in the hospital.

Rick ended up there after a fight with stepson Joe Roscoe.

The killer then struck again, murdering second victim Will Savage who was taken to hospital after being pushed off a roof by his niece Nico during a final showdown with his brother Dodger.

Soap bosses are doing everything they can to keep the identity of the killer secret. They have not even told the actor or actress they are the murderer.

A Hollyoaks insider said: “Rick and Will were both nasty pieces of work.

Will, in particular, had done some pretty evil things in his time, so the Gloved Hand Killer was kind of doing the world a favour with his murder.

“But Diane is a hard- working and devoted mum who doesn’t deserve to die.

“There are going to be some real twists and turns with this storyline. It’s got every- one on set guessing who is going to be next.

“And, of course, there’s the matter of no one knowing who is behind it all.”

Fans can watch the scenes and find out if Diane becomes the Gloved Hand Killer’s third victim during Tuesday’s first look episode on E4 at 7pm.

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Hollyoaks star Alex Fletcher has revealed that the soap's baby swap storyline has a long way to go once the truth is finally exposed in the next few days.

The actress's character Diane O'Connor has a life-changing shock on the way, as she is about to discover that she has been raising the wrong child for well over a year.

Diane's daughter was switched with Tegan Lomax's baby after both children were born at the Dee Valley Hospital in October 2013. The truth is exposed on screen this week as unwell Tegan, who has known the secret for a while, needs bone marrow from her biological daughter.

Appearing on ITV's Lorraine today (March 25), Fletcher explained: "I've got this huge baby swap storyline and Diane finds out on Friday on Channel 4, so I'm shattered to be honest with you!

"It's just been really dramatic for the two families, really. How does she deal with it? How's she going to react? How can you give [the baby] back?

"I've got a 9-year-old daughter and if someone was to say to me, 'Actually, Yas is not yours'... I worried about that reaction, to be honest with you. I thought, 'How am I going to pull this one off? How do I react? What face do I pull?'"

She continued: "It's going to be an ongoing thing. This is just the start of it. It's a really, really big week next week for Hollyoaks and we've worked so hard on it."

Fletcher admitted that Diane will initially go into denial until she meets up with drunken midwife Mariam (Helen Lederer), who was responsible for swapping the children.

She said: "When Diane's in denial, she goes to visit her to rule it out. Then she realises she's an alcoholic, and she starts talking about the baby girl and swapping the tags. It dawns on Diane that this actually happened."

She may see herself as a supermum, but life won't be easy for Diane O'Connor on Hollyoaks this summer once she gets custody of baby Rose.

Diane is asked to take care of the youngster after Tegan Lomax is sent to prison as punishment for her recent kidnap stunt.

Although Diane is the child's biological mother, she is given food for thought when it becomes clear that Rose is unsettled without Tegan around.

This could pave the way for a turning point in the show's ongoing baby swap storyline, as Diane may have to eventually concede that Rose is better off with Tegan.

Speaking to Digital Spy about the drama to come, Alex Fletcher - who plays Diane - laughed: "There's more kids on the show than we've ever had! Diane is quite happy taking care of them all, though. She's being quite greedy, I think.

"She wants baby Dee Dee, even though Dee Dee is not hers biologically. She also wants Rose! I think Diane will realise that she's being selfish."

She continued: "When Tegan is sent to prison, Rose is handed over by Leela to Diane. Leela does that spitefully, because she's furious about Tegan and Ziggy going behind her back again. Rose becomes unsettled and Diane admits that she is clearly missing her mum. Then Diane actually starts thinking about Tegan a lot. She realises that Tegan is all on her own in prison and maybe she has been too hard on her.

"Although Tegan has done the wrong thing by kidnapping Rose, the reality of it is that she's going to get out of prison. They are going to be living next door to each other again and they are going to have to be grown up about it, so it's a matter of dealing with all of that."

Diane will keep hold of Rose when Tegan is eventually released from jail, but the big question is how long that will remain the case with Rose still struggling to adjust to her new life.

Fletcher also admitted that the complex storyline has led to jokey rows in real life with co-star Jessica Ellis, who plays Tegan.

"Jess has formed a bond with Mia who plays Rose," she explained. "Mia has been on the show since she was 6 weeks old, so Jess really does think that she's hers! Mia is adorable and she's really reactive to what we're filming at the minute.

"I've now formed a bond with her too, so there's a genuine fight going on in real life! The story is so heavy that you do have to just lighten it up sometimes on set, because it is full-on."

Diane will also have to deal with the shocking revelation that her own nephew Scott Drinkwell was involved in helping Tegan with the kidnap plan.

"That all does come out," Fletcher confirmed. "Diane is very fiery and you can see why. As a mum, she can maybe understand why Tegan ran away - but this is someone else who came into that situation and helped her.

"When we came to film it, Ross Adams who plays Scott was so emotional and honest with it. Bless him because he does all the comedy and I love him to bits! Scott says sorry and explains why he did it. It's a really emotional scene and Diane does forgive him easily."

With Diane clearly in a forgiving mood, is there a chance that she could also take back her estranged husband Tony Hutchinson?

Fletcher teased: "I think there's a chance. There's a bit of a kiss and a moment between them. That's quite sweet, but then she panics. She says, 'No, you were having an affair with my daughter, let's get things into perspective!'

"I think for now it's much more interesting when they're not together. There's more that they're able to explore, but it would be nice for them to be together. I just don't think Diane's got him back enough yet!"

Hollyoaks delved into Diane O'Connor's backstory on E4 tonight (October 27) as a surprising secret was revealed about her past.

The feisty character was confronted with the consequences of a long-buried mistake when her nephew Scott Drinkwell opened up about his sad childhood.

The drama played out on screen after Diane (Alex Fletcher) decided to kick Scott out of her flat, furious after discovering that he had been poisoning her.

As Scott (Ross Adams) desperately tried to defend himself, his clingy behaviour began to be explained when he recalled how he ended up as his grandmother's carer.

Scott was sent to live with his nan, who suffered from dementia, after his parents separated. He supported her until she died, while Diane was oblivious as she was too distracted by her new family.
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While talking to Diane, Scott revealed that his parents broke up after his mother found a secret necklace that his dad had bought for another woman.

Later, after a guilt-ridden Diane had agreed that Scott could stay after all, she was seen pulling the same necklace out of a jewellery box at home.

This means that Diane was the one having an affair with Scott's dad all those years ago, causing the breakdown of his family.
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Scott is currently unaware that Diane was the other woman, but as with all secrets in Hollyoaks, it's surely only a matter of time before the truth is exposed.

Hollyoaks fans watching at Channel 4 pace will see the Diane and Scott scenes on Wednesday (October 28) at 6.30pm.


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Hollyoaks star Alex Fletcher is pregnant with her second child: 'It's thrilling and surreal'
Hollyoaks star Alex Fletcher has shared some happy news with fans - she's six months pregnant.
The 39-year-old actress, who plays Diane O'Connor in the Channel 4 soap, is expecting a baby boy with her husband Neil Davies. The couple are already parents to 10-year-old Yasmin.
"It's so thrilling and slightly surreal," Fletcher told Hello. "I'm still on a bit of a high about it all. It's a big deal, isn't it? I'm 40 in July.
"After I had Yas, whom I loved to bits, it took me a while to get back into work again because I lost a lot of confidence. So I put my career first for a while. When I reached 38 I thought, 'If I want another baby I need to get serious and fingers crossed I haven't left it too late'."
Fletcher and Davies first met on the set of Channel 4's Brookside and have been together for 14 years. Davies played the role of bad boy Robbie Moffat on the soap, but now works as a physiotherapist.
Opening up over her desire for a second child, Fletcher revealed that she suffered a sad loss last year as a result of an ectopic pregnancy.
"It felt dangerous and frightening," Fletcher explained. "Luckily I didn't need surgery and didn't lose my Fallopian tubes. I had to take Methotrexate, which wasn't pleasant and meant we couldn't try for a baby for another six months.
"Having gone through all that, it made me realise how much I wanted a baby. I was on a mission. We were so lucky it only took four months. When the pregnancy test line turned blue, I called Neil to come home. We were in shock."
Hollyoaks fans can still look forward to lots more drama for Diane, as Fletcher will be filming with the show until May.
"I can't reveal what it is, but I have a brilliant exit," she said.

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Diane Hutchinson could be swapping Chester for France as her exit storyline gets ever closer.

Diane and her husband Tony (Nick Pickard) are both stunned next week when they're approached over a possible job in France, which potentially leaves them with big decisions to make over their future.

The news continues a run of much-needed turnaround in fortunes for the couple, who have already managed to regain the upper hand against their enemy Marnie Nightingale.

Diane recently uncovered Marnie's affair with Freddie Roscoe and uses the discovery to her own advantage next week, blackmailing Marnie into being a nicer boss at work.

Just when Diane and Tony are enjoying happier times at Nightingales thanks to Marnie being put in her place, they receive the all-important call about a possible new direction for their careers.

A man called Mr Sheffield later arrives at Tony's flat to interview both him and Diane over the job in France, but will they be successful?

Viewers will have to wait and see exactly how it all plays out, but it's no secret that Diane will be leaving our screens soon.

Alex Fletcher, who plays Diane, is pregnant with her second child and will soon need an excuse to leave the village for a while. The actress and her husband Neil Davies already have 10-year-old daughter Yasmin together.

Discussing her pregnancy in March, Fletcher told Hello: "It's so thrilling and slightly surreal. I'm still on a bit of a high about it all. It's a big deal, isn't it? I'm 40 in July.

"After I had Yas, whom I loved to bits, it took me a while to get back into work again because I lost a lot of confidence. So I put my career first for a while. When I reached 38 I thought, 'If I want another baby I need to get serious and fingers crossed I haven't left it too late'."

Have you been missing Diane Hutchinson on Hollyoaks? If you have, the good news is that there's not long to wait at all until she returns.

Diane has been absent from our screens since the summer, when she headed off to France after landing an exciting new job. The storyline was written in as Alex Fletcher, who plays her, went on maternity leave to have her second baby.

Advance listings released by Channel 4 have now revealed that Diane reappears on January 4, much to the surprise of her nephew Scott Drinkwell.

What's more, she won't be on her own as there's a brand new family member called Lily joining her.
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The show's synopsis for January 4 reads: "Scott returns from holiday to find that Diane is back, but Diane and Tony are dressed for a funeral.

"Diane has brought her niece Lily to stay, but Tony isn't keen on the idea of a new arrival. He's forced to apologise to Lily when she overhears - can he convince her to stay?"

In real life, Alex welcomed the arrival of baby son Hanson on June 3, just weeks before her 40th birthday.

She and her husband Neil Davies are already parents to a daughter called Yasmin, who was born in 2005.

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