Hollyoaks star Callum Kerr has announced he’s engaged to his partner Lauren Stacy.
The actor, 30, previously played sinister policeman PC George Kiss on the Channel 4 soap between 2020 and 2021.
Taking to Instagram, Scottish actor Callum revealed he’d popped the question to Lauren during a romantic getaway to South Africa.
He captioned the post: ‘Took this girl on a horse ride thru the Western Cape and asked if she’d spend the rest of her life with me.’
His post was soon flooded with sweet messages of congratulations from fans of the soap, with Billy Price, who played Sid Sumner, writing: ‘Congrats bro,’ followed by a heart emoji.
Hollyoaks star Callum Kerr has announced he’s engaged to his long-term partner Lauren Stacy
The actor previously played sinister policeman PC George Kiss on the Channel 4 soap between 2020 and 2021
Taking to Instagram, Scottish actor Callum revealed he’d popped the question to Lauren during a romantic getaway to South Africa
Callum’s post showed the sweet moment he and Lauren headed out on a horseback ride, with later images featuring the excited bride-to-be showing off her sparkly engagement ring.
In December, Callum revealed he’d become a father for the first time, after Lauren gave birth to their first child, daughter Isla.
The actor proudly gushed at Lauren for welcoming Isla into the world, alongside a raw photo of her beaming just after she gave birth.
He penned: ‘Meet my daughter, my world: Isla ❤️ – The other love of my life.
‘@Laurenstacy7 was amazing thru the whole thing… isn’t she GLOWING!?!? Feeling like the luckiest guy in the world- words don’t cover it’.
Callum’s character George first arrived in the village to investigate the county lines drug dealing that took place in the village, and he was installed at Hollyoaks High in an attempt to lower the risk of dealing on school grounds.
It was at the school he first met John Paul McQueen (James Sutton), but after a few months, he became abusive, fuelled by his jealousy for James Nightingale (Gregory Finnegan) and Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson).
Callum’s time on the soap came to a dramatic end when his abuse was revealed to the rest of the McQueen family.
While Theresa (Jorgie Porter) furiously confronted him, Sally St. Clare (Annie Wallace) killed him with a bookend.
In the aftermath, of his death, George’s real killer was never exposed, John Paul relapsed into his alcoholism after being questioned by police over his murder.
Since leaving the soap, Callum has pursued a career in music, and in June he revealed he signed a record deal in Nashville.
‘Proud to announce that after just shy of two years writing, and a year of releasing music here in Nashville, I’ve signed a record deal,’ he posted on Instagram.
He captioned the post: ‘Took this girl on a horse ride thru the Western Cape and asked if she’d spend the rest of her life with me’
Since leaving the soap, Callum has pursued a career in music, and in June he revealed he signed a record deal in Nashville
Callum’s character was sensationally killed off after his abuse of boyfriend John Paul McQueen was exposed
In December, Callum revealed he’d become a father for the first time , after Lauren gave birth to their first child, daughter Isla
‘A coalition between OneRPM (the label) and HuffCo (the records) spearheaded by country award winning in-house producers @dannhuff and @davidhuffmusic
‘Can’t wait to show y’all what we’re working on and feeling beyond blessed to be involved.’
This week Hollyoaks kicked off their new major scheduling shake-up as it will go down from five to just three episodes per week.
It’s set to take a year-long time jump, with 20 cast members sadly being axed due to the ongoing Channel 4 cuts.
The channel said that they were making the change because it is the ‘optimum pattern to keep heartland audiences hooked and attract new ones in a highly saturated content market’ based on Channel 4 data.
They claim that their research shows that most regular soap viewers watch an average of three episodes per week.
MDs of Lime Pictures, Kate Little and Claire Poyser, said: ‘Given the success of the new streaming-first model, we are delighted that Hollyoaks remains at the forefront of Channel 4’s digital first strategy, bringing authentic, unexpected and untold stories that inspire younger audiences in a way that they want to consume them.
‘Evidently there are implications that will mean we have to reshape Hollyoaks’ production model and amidst the buoying news for the future of the show and its audience, we must also acknowledge that a reduction in cast and crew, will be very difficult and we will support everyone in that process.’
The budget cuts have forced Channel 4 bosses to carry out a mass axing of cast and crew.