HOLLYOAKS star James Sutton has broken his silence about the end of his relationship admitting he’s not ready to date again.
The actor – who plays John Paul McQueen in the Channel 4 soap – was dating Tamara Jane until February this year.
Now he’s opened up about it on a podcast.
Asked if he had ever kissed a man in his personal life away from the soap’s cameras, James wouldn’t answer, teasing the host instead.
But he did confirm that he was single while speaking to All Out with Jon Dean.
“Not at the moment, no,” he said when asked if he had a girlfriend.
“I did have, but I’m newly single. And definitely not ready to mingle.”
The Sun exclusively revealed how James and Tamara had broken up earlier this year.
The former couple went public last February when James shared a photo of them both online along with the caption “Mine”, but a year on they’re no longer an item.
James unfollowed Tamara on social media and removed all pictures of her after the break up.
James, 42, and Tamara’s went Instagram official five months after the end of the actor’s marriage to wife of five years Rachael Collin was made public.
He released a statement in September 2023, which read: “Rachael and I had a wonderful relationship and marriage. It was very sad but amicable, and we remain friends.”
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”Hollyoaks icon reveals he’s signed a new contract to keep him on the soap until 2026 amid amid serial killer storyline – and 25 cast quitting soap” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6367851830112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]The exes met at Glastonbury when James spotted Rachael struggling with her foot pump.
He chivalrously lent her his electric pump and things quickly escalated from there.
However, during the coronavirus pandemic their marriage became strained and never fully recovered.
James also recently confirmed he’d signed a new contract to take him into 2026.
He told The Tom’s Talks podcast: “I’m still on Hollyoaks, which is great. I’ve just signed another year.
“I’m going to be there until January 2026. Yeah. I’m there until January 2026.”
He temporarily left the soap in 2017 for a job in Singapore after his relationship with James Nightingale broke down, but returned five years later.