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Hollyoaks Ray Quinn reveals a cafe owner was told not to serve him as he’s ‘racist’ after playing far-right extremist Jonny Baxter in soap


HOLLYOAKS’ Ray Quinn says a cafe was told not to serve him as he’s “racist” after his role as a far-right extremist in the soap.

Ray, 30, plays Jonny Baxter and spoke about the uncomfortable radicalisation storyline that has affected his personal life.

 Kieron Richardson plays Ste Hay, Ray Quinn, centre, plays Jonny Baxter and Rishi Nair, right, plays Sami Maalik

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Kieron Richardson plays Ste Hay, Ray Quinn, centre, plays Jonny Baxter and Rishi Nair, right, plays Sami Maalik

He told Good Morning Britain hosts Adil Ray and Charlotte Hawkins: “I’ve had a couple of (abusive comments) from people in the street.

“I was in a coffee shop one time and I was asking for a coffee and the lady said, ‘Oh don’t serve him he’s racist.’

“And I had to sort of elaborate to the guy who was serving me, ‘I’m not! I’m playing one in Hollyoaks!'”

“I had to reassure him and he was like, ‘Sorry mate, don’t watch it.'”

 Jonny has been harassing the Maalik family

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Jonny has been harassing the Maalik family

Actor Rishi Nair also explained how he’d been on the end of racist abuse on the football pitch and used the experience to help is performance in the soap.

He said: “Luckily I grew up in London where I haven’t had a lot of racism, having said that growing up as a brown person in this country I have. Mostly when I was younger growing up in London and on the football pitch mainly. Sunday league football.

“So when I started this, I could kind of use that… when you start experiencing racism as a kid, it’s that thing where when someone says something to you on the street, you second guess yourself like, ‘did that happen? Maybe I’m overthinking it and it’s not happening.'”

 Kieron Richardson is dragged into the far right group

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Kieron Richardson is dragged into the far right group

The storyline has been building since March, but Kieron Richardson, who plays Ste Hay, confirmed it will come to a head in Septmeber.

He teased: “The story is continuing and there’s a big climax in September. He’s deep in the far-right now and it’s about how he gets out of that.”

Kieron previously revealed how he quit Twitter after trolls accused him of “teaching his kids to be racist”.

The Hollyoaks actor stopped using the social media site after several described him as an “irresponsible parent” because of his character Ste Hay’s radicalisation storyline, and his husband Carl Hyland – with whom he has two-year-old twins Phoebe and Chase – admitted he was tempted to hit back at the trolls.

Kieron said: “I had people saying things like, ‘You’re teaching your kid to be racist. You’re an irresponsible parent.’

“I just couldn’t deal with people saying things about my kids.”

Speaking in a joint interview with OK! magazine, Carl added: “When I see those comments, I want to retaliate but then I’m becoming a keyboard warrior myself and I don’t want to do that.”


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