Hollyoaks spoilers follow for Tuesday’s (May 28) episode that is now available to view on Channel 4 streaming. The episode in question will air on E4 on Wednesday May 29 at 7pm. Hollyoaks has paid tribute to Kirsty-Leigh Porter’s baby daughter Penny-Leigh Barber, who was stillborn in December 2018 at 29 weeks and three days.
Kirsty, who plays Leela Dexter, worked with the Channel 4 soap on a storyline as a way of raising awareness and showing what baby loss actually looks like. The story in question, which commenced last week, saw Leela discover that her unborn baby has passed away , with the obstetrician relaying the upsetting news . Leela had – just hours earlier – tied the knot with husband Joel Dexter ( Rory Douglas-Speed ), excited for the next chapter of their lives together.
In the wake of the news, Joel was summoned to the hospital, where Leela revealed that their baby had passed away, before the two burst into tears. Doctors subsequently induced the labour, with Tuesday’s (May 28) streaming offering of the show seeing Leela rushed back to Dee Valley hospital when her contractions began. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser that supports HTML5video In emotional scenes, helmed by truly spectacular performances from actors Kirsty and Rory, Leela delivered her stillborn baby boy.
Leela burst into tears at the sound of silence as the midwife wrapped the baby boy in a fire engine blanket, handing him to the grieving .
