Calvin Valentine poll on the forums at the moment, Calvin may look nice with his shirt off, but his misogynistic, patronising, whiney attitude is doing him no favours at all. It’s even making people sympathise a bit with Carmel, and we all know she’s a no good dirty boob-thief." Deller later criticised him again, writing: "Calvin Valentine, Hollyoaks, Last month’s winner (or loser, I suppose) continues to annoy, behave implausibly and maintain his self-righteous prickness, and was only usurped for a very good reason…" In her book "Soap Stars", Debbie Foy features Whittle in one of her profile features and describes Calvin
Carmel McQueen and Calvin Valentine. At the 2009 Inside Soap Awards, the McQueens won "Best Family". In 2012, Merna was nominated for "Funniest Female" at the Inside Soap Awards. Virgin Media compiled a list of their favourite soap couples, Carmel and Calvin were featured and they stated: "Couples don’t come much cuter than these two – they even have matching police uniforms! The Valentines may be a little lacking in the brain cell department, but they more than make up for it by being the biggest-hearted couple in soap." Carmel McQueen Carmel Valentine (also McQueen) is a fictional character from the British