Stacey Solomon shares son's totally different career plans after TV appearance

Stacey Solomon was beaming with pride after being flooded with messages about her sons Zachary and Leighton appearing in Hollyoaks
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Stacey Solomon has revealed her eldest son Zachary's career plans for the future - and said he has 'no interest' in acting following his appearance on TV soap Hollyoaks. The 16-year-old appeared as an extra in the Channel 4 soap alongside his younger brother Leighton, 11, last night (Wednesday, January 22).

They both had small roles, with Zachary playing a Parcel Patrons worker who bumps into Mercedes, played by Jennifer Metcalfe, and Leighton appearing as a paperboy who gets a telling-off from Price Slice employee Pearl Anderson, played by Dawn Hope. Stacey later shared how Zachary and Leighton's acting debuts came about, explaining that she and Zachary had met a Hollyoaks exec whilst attending the National Television awards.

After they heard he was 'obsessed' with the show, they offered him the chance to come and see the set - and then roped them in as extras. But the Loose Women star said there was no chance of us seeing Zachary in any further TV roles as she confirmed he was currently training to be a mechanic.

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She said he neither of her boys had any interest in joining the acting world.

Stacey told fans in a video on Instagram: "So many of you are messaging me like was that Zach and Leighton I saw in Hollyoaks last night." She added that Zach was the "biggest Hollyoaks fan, he's obsessed. When he was little he used to get really excited to watch the Hollyoaks omnibus and he remembers everything still to this day. He absolutely loves it."

Zachary and Leighton on the set of Hollyoaks
Zachary and Leighton on the set of Hollyoaks

Revealing Zachary's future career plans, she added: "Zach wants to be a mechanic when's older there's no interest in acting. Neither Zack or Leighton want to do anything from that industry but he was just so excited to go down and see the set."

She continued: "They were so nervous to be extras...Zach's like I don't know why I'm shaking but I'm really nervous because neither of them want to be in that industry at all. Zach is literally training to be a mechanic, that's his absolute dream, but they just loved every second of it."