Hollyoaks' Rob: 'Mitzeee's ideal for Riley'

Hollyoaks' Rob: 'Mitzeee's ideal for Riley'
Hollyoaks' Rob: 'Mitzeee's ideal for Riley'

Hollyoaks star Rob Norbury believes that Mitzeee Minniver is the perfect match for Riley Costello. Viewers have seen the footballer and the scheming barmaid - dubbed 'Ritzeee' by an online campaign for them to become an item - growing closer and closer on C4 soap Hollyoaks, culminating in a kiss after Riley's son's christening. Rob told Soaplife: "Mitzeee's helping Riley with Bobby and they're very close. She's probably the ideal woman for Riley. She has that side to her that Mercedes has, but she knows where to draw the line. And she's very caring. "[But] there's a lot of history there and I don't think Riley is ready to tell her how he feels. Also, with Mitzeee there comes drama with Mercedes and he wants to get away from all that." Riley's ex-fiancee Mercedes McQueen, who had an affair with his father, is furious about Riley and Mitzeee's blossoming relationship and will do anything to keep them apart. It has also been revealed there is set to be a spark between Riley and Lynsey Nolan, played by Karen Hassan. Rob added: "In a way, Mitzeee is the perfect ready-made relationship. They've got history, they get on well and she knows Bobby. But Lynsey is a lovely girl and she's someone he can have a laugh with."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.