Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A soap fan who praised Hollyoaks for saving their life had an emotional meeting with the actor whose scenes stopped them from suicide.
John Junior was stopped in their tracks while watching a male mental health and suicide storyline starring Ashley Taylor Dawson as Darren Osborne in the Channel Four soap.
A year ago John had planned to take their own life but was brought back from the brink after seeing the devastating impact of much-loved character Kyle Kelly’s suicide on his loved ones – best friend Darren Osborne, who was also suffering from depression and had contemplated suicide, and Kyle's fiancée Nancy.
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