Well actors who've got contracts and haven't done anything to get fired won't be because of Steph Davis. I mean you've got to honor those. They'll have to to rewrite storylines and we'll see what happens to Diane and Scott at the end of their current contracts.

So how long will she be onscreen for?

I think they film around 6 weeks ahead but I imagine there'll be a lot of re-writes going on so she may disappear sooner.

I'm guessing Kirkwood was the one who dropped her.

I think if it's time keeping then they should at least let her film an exit. For there not to be an exit it should be something serious.

Kirkwood had it in for Devon Anderson as he was also quick to sack him at EastEnders.

Much as I feel sympathy for anybody losing their job, I can't deny that I'm very glad that this horrible character will soon be gone from the show

Now, if only they could give Freddie, Lindsay, Robbie, Sienna and her mini-me, plus all the Lomaxes their marching orders. And Kirkwood too, of course That would be a good start on reversing the current diabolical state of HOs.

Agree.

Who else has had an "immediate effect" termination?

I agree that while Sinead's a pretty awful character, Stephanie Davis is talented and losing her is a shame

I hope that means that we'll see the back of Scott soon. I mean no disrespect to Ross Adams (and it'll be a shame if this means that he can't be on the show as long as he'd hoped) but Scott is truly awful, I'm afraid


As previously mentioned, Devon Anderson (original Sonny) got one, with the official reason given that he was always late to work. A while back there was a student character called Bella, IIRC? who just vanished with no exit written for her, can't recall if she got an instant termination too?

Surely when it's timekeeping issues, the actors were given exit scenes?

Devon Anderson and David Judge.

For them to make an announcement that her contract wasn't renewed suddenly like that it must have been for cause. Think of how many people HO loses or kills off. I don't think we've seen a press release like that before have we?

Very surprised at this, i thought they saw her as one of their main stars and to be fair, though i hate Sinead with a passion, Davis is a good actress.

It does make you wonder if it has something to do with real life events, it isn't that her work isn't up to scratch or they've run out of plotline for Sinead but she has done something which constitutes Gross Misconduct so they had no choice but to dismiss her with immediate affect.

Hmmm, but they didn't seem quite as brutal as this termination appears to have been.

I wonder if they just want to make a show to the rest of the cast that no-one is untouchable.

Nothing controversial on her twitter/instagram so must be something else.

She did once describe herself as the Lindsay Lohan of the Hollyoaks cast.

I agree Scott's pretty bad, but it would be all down Ross' contract terms. I would guess a termination of another actor wouldn't effect his contract.

Why do some people think it's because of timekeeping issues?

I have no idea what's gone on, but to be axed so abruptly suggests to me that it must have been some pretty serious disciplinary issue. If it was due to timekeeping, it must have been persistent and unresolved if they chose to take this course of action - it's not as if Steph was in a minor role, I'm sure they wouldn't have got rid of her if it could have been avoided.

If it is Gross Misconduct they wouldn't have a choice as to whether they could keep her on set long enough to film exit scenes.

If, hypothetically (this is hypothetical, not slander, i have no idea of the circumstances so not suggesting this actually happened) she committed a violent act against another member of staff then she could not be allowed to stay on or return to the premises, even to film final scenes.

I think it just seems more brutal as Sinead is one of the golden girls of the show.

Devon Anderson's departure seemed quite a big deal to me as at the time the Valentine's were a big part of the show, he was linked to golden boy Justin and the royal family the McQueens.

Judge definitely didn't seem so brutal as he was very much a bit part player.

Perhaps she annoyed Bryan Birkwood . Hell hath no fury like a birkwood scorned .
Can they sack her for refusing to carry out a storyline put to her ?

Can't see it being just for timekeeping. Must be something way more serious.

Firstly bad timekeeping is a very serious offence for an actor. If an actor is late it holds the whole shoot up and you have cast and crew waiting around doing nothing. It puts the schedule out and costs the company a great deal of money. I'm not sorry she's going I found her difficult to watch and in my opinon she isnt very good. As she has been sacked without a planned exit it will be something very serious. I'm not going to speculate because that would be unfair but I would take bets on it not being timekeeping alone. Silly girl, that's her opportunity wasted and career down the drain

Timekeeping is being suggested as there's been a precedent in the past.

It's also much less slanderous a suggestion than various other reasons she may have been sacked for!

Possibly. Older actors have had more experience to know what is and isn't acceptable re working practise? Also, perhaps less likely to let the fame go to their heads and assume they're too important to the show to axe and of course less likely to be out clubbing it every night to get into compromising situations (bringing ths show into disrepite) or be hungover at or late into work etc.

No it wouldnt but generally the guaranteed episodes are very low so he could be worse off financially if they feel they have tied him in too tight with Sinead or he could be substantially better off if they decide to use him instead of Sinead

Very true re timekeeping and also things like being hungover so forgetting your lines. It's not like an office job where a person is often quite self sufficient so can just stay late or work through lunch to make up their hours and finish their work or get a colleague to cover for them for half an hour. It disrupts dozens of people and costs money, they can't just film something else instead as the necessary actors might not be available of they won't have the sets ready.