Rhys Ashworth - Reception

Reception

At the 2013 National Television Awards Moss was nominated in the category of "Serial Drama Performance". Inside Soap critic Sarah said that during the Enjoy The Ride storyline "there are standout performances from some of my all-time favourite Hollyoaks stars, including Andrew Moss". All About Soap journalist Kerry Barrett said viewers should "watch out for Andrew Moss" amongst other cast members "who all act their socks off", while her colleague Carena Crawford said she was shocked at Rhys' death" AfterElton.com's Anthony D. Langford said he was not "shocked" at Rhys' death but that he "was sorry to see him go". Langford said that he could see why the serial "had to kill him off because they had basically written the character into a corner". He said that he did not understand why the serial decided to take Rhys in the direction they did, explaining that after "everything that he and Jacqui had been through it made no sense for Rhys to throw what had been a strong marriage away on a fling with Cindy I never bought for a minute that he would not only have an affair with her, but fall in ‘love’ with her and want to leave Jacqui for her. It was bad writing and totally out of character". He opined that the scenes of Rhys "sneaking around" to meet with Cindy were "appaling" and that he "kept thinking that ‘Rhys would never do that’ during the entire storyline". Langford concluded that Moss and Cooper "were beautiful and heartbreaking in those moments, reminding you of the love and connection that they had for much of their relationship. The fact that Rhys had been inexplicably cheating on Jacqui the whole time took away from how powerful those scenes could have and should have been".