 During 2008, it was announced that one of the McQueens would be killed off in a church explosion, caused by secret McQueen Niall Rafferty (Barry Sloane).The exact details of which character would be killed were due to be kept secret until the episodes aired, however, Hackett revealed she had quit the soap early in 2008 days before her character was killed.A spokesperson for "Hollyoaks" commented on the storyline, "Sadly, one of the girls decided they had had enough and told producers that they wanted out.