Hollyoaks’ Jorgie Porter shares details of ‘massive challenge’ in her relationship

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Hollyoaks actress Jorgie Porter has opened up about one of the biggest challenges in her relationship with partner Oliver Piotrowski after returning to work on set following the birth of her son Forest in November 2022.Throwing open the door to the unseen side of her life on ITV’s new documentary series, Drama Queens, Jorgie revealed that she and Oliver had been struggling with negotiating childcare arrangements alongside their busy and demanding day jobs. “We have a massive challenge of childcare at the moment as we are both, very busy in our jobs,” explained Jorgie. “It’s really tricky for me to take him to work, because you can’t just take all babies onto any job.

Like if you work in a box factory, you can’t put a baby on a conveyor belt, it’d be a box!” After exploring several options for childcare, Jorgie then revealed how she had decided to trial taking Forest to work - an experience she soon came to regret when the adorable youngster caused chaos on set.

In a VT of the moment she and her young son had visited the Hollyoaks set, Jorgie told the cameras: “We’re actually at Hollyoaks right now, on The Dog set, we’re about to do a podcast and I literally have no hopes of this going well.They’ll probably be really annoyed and really sick of it.” For the visit, Jorgie had opted to choose a relatively quiet day in which she was set to film a podcast episode, something she initially thought shouldn’t be too taxing for Forest, as he initially seemed quite content on set, playing with her co-stars on set. "The scenario at the time was really good as the people doing the podcast were mothers themselves, so they completely understood,” said Jorgie recalling the experience. “Which was lucky.