Hollyoaks actor Imran Adams is reportedly leaving the soap later this year.
The star plays Mitchell Deveraux on the Channel 4 soap.
His departure will come just weeks after his character gets married.
The shocking exit is reportedly set to play out on screen later this year.
Soap insiders saying Imran is “happy to move on to new projects” after less than two years on the show.
When contacted for comment, Hollyoaks told The Sun: “Imran Adams will be leaving Hollyoaks later this year at the end of his current contract.”
Hollyoaks actor Imran Adams is reportedly leaving the soap later this year (Image: Channel 4)
Imran joined the programme back in February 2019 as part of the Deveraux family.
He has has been at the centre of several big storylines. These include finding out he has a secret twin brother, his dad is gangster Felix (played by Richard Blackwood) and realising he’s gay.
Imran’s departure makes the second black actor to announce their exit from Hollyoaks since it’s racism row.
The first was Rachel Adedeji, who plays Imran’s on-screen cousin Lisa Loveday.
The star plays Mitchell Deveraux on the Channel 4 soap (Image: Lime Pictures)
Rachel’s final scenes will be aired later this year, after she made the decision to leave before the soap’s lockdown and the racism row.
There is no suggestion that Imran’s exit is connected to the row.
The programme launched an internal investigation after the actress claimed racism was rife backstage on the soap.
She said back in June: “I am disappointed with Hollyoaks’ approach to showing solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement yesterday.
Rachel Adedeji has also quit the soap (Image: Channel 4)
“Did Black Lives Matter when a number of female black actors were forced to drastically change their hair, because if not, the viewers ‘would not be able to tell them apart’?
“Do Black Lives really matter to you if over the last four years at Hollyoaks, I have only worked with one black director?”
“I can no longer stand for it. Do better.” She was later backed by Luke Jerdy, who played Jesse Donavan, and other cast members.
A Hollyoaks’ spokesperson said at the time: “Hollyoaks has zero tolerance on racism. We are taking Rachel Adedeji’s comments extremely seriously and are investigating.”
Lime Pictures, the company who make the soap, later bought in ‘unconscious bias’ trainers and launched a mentoring scheme for black employees.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
