Hollyoaks star flogging dog poo bags in surprise career change away from fame
Former Hollyoaks star Ariana Fravel has launched a surprising new career away from the spotlight after leaving the Channel 4 soap behind for something more pet-friendly
Ex-Hollyoaks alum Ariana Fraval has left the glitz and glamour of the TV world to launch a dog poo bag business during a dark time for the soap.
The actress launched the innovative after leaving the Channel 4 soap after playing DI Naomi Cohen. The pet-loving star, 31, who is married to Hollyoaks James Nightingale star Gregory Finnegan, 44, spent the last year creating her new product.
And the final result is her new brand, Hot Pink Poo, which she told fans about on her Instagram account. Ariana penned: “I’m SO delighted to announce that after a year of designing the perfect nappy and dog poo waste bag, which is 100% environmentally friendly, compostable, plastic free, non toxic naturally scented, large, thick and durable with handles @hot.pink.poo pink bags making a nasty job just a little bit better and brighter.
“The bags are now available to buy on Amazon and Ariana has declared them the “most eco-friendly and best looking poo bag on the market”.
Ariana has left the soap for a different career(Image: E4)
Prior to this, Ariana appeared sporadically on the Channel 4 soap between 2019 and 2023. Her character was involved in a series of investigations in the village including Harry Thompson’s murder, Mercedes McQueen’s shooting and Stuart Sumner’s death.
However, often viewers of the show were quick to poke fun at the star’s storylines during some of the arrests she made. One fan wrote online: “She literally just arrests everyone any chance she get surely the amount of non convictions and releases now her job would be on the line…”
Another laughed: “You’d think she would learn by now.. how many mistakes has she made.”
However, this isn’t the only big news for her household after her husband’s character James Nightingale in the soap after nearly a decade on screens during a big cast shake-up last year.
She announced the news to fans(Image: Instagram/ @ariana_fraval)
During his departure, he was involved in a big time line plot which leaped the show into a year ahead after a devastating car bomb explosion.
Talking about his exit he told The Sun: “News did go round relatively quickly. Someone put it on a group that they were going, so I did too.
“People seemed shocked which was nice in it’s own way but at the same time quite depressing when people are coming up to you saying ‘I can’t believe it, that’s ridiculous’ you’re like, okay, I’ve dealt with it.
“Everyone was very kind in both the cast and crew. It wasn’t much fun going in when you know you’re a dead man walking.”
Ariana is married to Hollyoaks star Gregory(Image: Instagram/ @ariana_fraval)
He added: “Lovely Alex Fletcher just stared at me, then she started crying and I started crying,” he said. “I was like, ‘Fletch you’ve got to stop, because I haven’t cried at all, and this was weeks after it had happened but she just completely broke me, and then I was bawling.
“But it’s good to get it out. People dealt with it in different ways, a lot of people didn’t say anything for a while because they didn’t know what to say, they keep their jobs.
“There’s no ill feeling, it’s no-ones fault, the more upfront people were the easier I found to deal with it.”
