Matt Musgrove

Pllayed by Kristian Ealey  2000- 2003 Re-appearance in 2004

A likeable Liverpudlian, who became involved with Scott's criminal schemes in order to pay for his wedding to Chloe Bruce. He arrived at HCC as a caretaker and became close friends with Theo and Alex Bell. He fell for HCC student and radio show host Chloe Bruce (Mikyla Dodd). However, he wasn’t to keen on asking Chloe out as he felt that she may dislike him because if his occupation. Therefore, Matt decided to phone her on her radio show and pretended to be someone he is not. When Matt finally revealed himself, Chloe was disappointed- leaving Matt’s

worst fears confirmed. Despite this set back, Chloe decided to give Matt a chance and the pair became a popular couple among the show. The relationship was going well, until Chloe had self image issues and began to push Matt away. This resulted in the pair breaking up, which left Matt disappointed as he really loved Chloe. A one night stand soon followed with new student Eve Crawford, but Matt was reluctant not to carry on with the relationship, as it was Chloe whom he wanted to be together with. Eventually, Matt and Chloe got back together, as Matt supported her through her problems and Matt even purposed to Chloe. The pair became engaged and Chloe’s demands for the wedding proved to b expensive and Matt also wanted to give Chloe the best wedding ever. He turned to The Loft owner Scott Anderson (Daniel Hyde), and soon became involved in Scott’s counterfeit money scam. Matt manage to pay the Wedding with the counterfeit money available and it was to prove costly. On his wedding Day, the police turned up and Chloe learnt the truth about Matt’s dealings with Scott. Knowing about Matt lies, Chloe decided she didn’t want to go through with the wedding, leaving Matt to face the police on his own. Despite attempting to persuade Chloe to take him back, she refused leaving Matt to depart away from Hollyoaks. Matt, did make a brief cameo return in 2004, in the late night edition of ‘After hours’ where he was working as a sailor and helped Ben, Jake, Joe and Dan to escape from a mob who were running after them.

Did You Know? Matt Musgrove was the first ever character to have cross over from soap to soap as his character first appeared in Brookside, but than crossed over to Hollyoaks

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