Kris--what is his story?

[loahlove]

I am a new viewer to Hollyoaks.

I have watched bits and pieces of JP/Craig's story, via YouTube.

I really like JP/Kieron's storyline.

I find Kris to be funny and adorable. Could someone tell me his story? I really like his scenes with JP and Kieron.

What did JP mean when Kris mentioned to him that Fr. Kieron made a confession to him and JP said, to the effect, "You would have been the last person he should have made a confession to!" Is Kris a gossip?

Thanks.

[carld2]

Kris can be very gossipy and also very hostile. He's not as bitter lately as he used to be.

Kris has been on the show since September 2006. He's a bisexual cross-dresser. He comes from a conservative Irish Catholic family. We've never seen his parents, but when he got back from a winter break a few years ago he said he'd dressed in "normal" clothes while at home.

Kris' brother Malachy showed up about a year ago for a brief visit. He slept with a girl named Jessica whom Kris had an on-off relationship with (Malachy didn't know that). When he saw Kris kissing his boyfriend Nathan, he slammed Kris against a wall and hurled some not-so-nice epithets his way. After Kris tried to explain what he was, Malachy decided Kris was "going through a phase" and returned home satisfied. He showed up again a few months later for a slightly longer stay, and he seemed to accept Kris for who he was.

Kris' main relationships on the show have been with women. When he first started on the show he clashed with spoiled rich girl Jessica. She treated her friend Olivia like a servant and Kris took up for Olivia. When Olivia died in a fire, Kris took the opportunity to really make Jessica feel bad, even using Olivia's angry diary entries against Jessica. They continued to battle, but there was an attraction under the surface. They kissed a few times, and eventually they had sex. Any progress from there was hindered when all the students living in the flat went to get HIV tests and one of the students spitefully changed Kris' test from negative to positive. Kris was devastated and Jessica was terrified he'd given her HIV. A few days later he found out he was actually negative, but he was so hurt by Jess' reaction he distanced himself from her.

He started dating Nathan, a filler character who only appeared once or twice and was just a block to Kris' relationship with Jessica. Nathan broke up with Kris after a few months and slept with Jessica again. Then Gerard McCarthy (Kris) took a break from the show for a few months, for personal reasons, and Kris left too.

When he returned, Jess was more interested in making money (her family had lost their wealth) and sleeping with her best friend Zoe's boyfriend Darren to have any serious interaction when Kris. When Kris found out about Jess sleeping with Zoe's boyfriend, he sided with Zoe and shut Jess out. Jessica left town a few weeks later after stealing Darren's money. Kris was hurt she never bothered to say goodbye.

Kris had started dating an actress named Summer, but she realized she was more interested in another man named O.B. He and Summer got into a nasty argument. Kris and O.B. then got into a very funny slap fight which Summer broke up.

There was also a funny story around this time where JP and Elliot started up a pirate radio station to break in on Kris' radio show and make fun of him. JP was upset about some not-so-nice advice Kris had given a gay teenager who'd written into the show. Soon after the new year started JP and Elliot stopped, but when Elliot was going to tell Kris about the radio station, JP interrupted and took all the blame/credit, so Elliot wouldn't be punished.

Apparently Kris wasn't all that upset, since he's become fairly close friends with JP since then.

[loahlove]

Thank you for Kris's background. I think he's funny. I also like the dynamic he has with JP and Kieron.

[painfullystoic]

I love Kris, and I think him and Summer were cute for a gay-cross-dresser and straight-actress sort of romantic couple... but I think he deserves so much more... I love him as the Loud-Mouth-Queen that he is... I love when he starts queening out, he's adorable!!!

[cakefan]

Kris is getting a new storyline which started yesterday on E4 - his father, who doesn't know about his bisexuality or his crossdressing habit, or even the fact that he calls himself Kris (his given name is Francis), arrived in Hollyoaks on results day. The next few days will deal with the conflict between father and son - father Fisher not being able to accept Kris for who he is. Later on, Kris' brother Malachy will also come to Hollyoaks and it looks as though he'll stay on for a while as he has been added to the credits.

Really looking forward to Kris getting more airtime and some family to surround him...

[carld2]

Gerard McCarthy interview on one of the Big Brother shows. Including a few scenes where Hollyoaks characters talk about BB.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts5IKlpyQ4w