“Terrifying” – Jacqueline Jossa reveals her fears over EastEnders’ “tough” storyline as Lauren Branning’s son gets diagnosed – “It’s absolutely awful,” she says.
The star took to social media as she opened up on her stories
JACQUELINE Jossa has revealed her fears over her ‘tough’ new EastEnders’ storyline.
On last night’s episode of the long-running BBC One soap, Lauren Branning’s baby son Jimmy received a life-changing medical diagnosis.
Lauren brought her newborn to the hospital after she noticed something concerning about his eyes.
The consultant ran tests on Jimmy before Peter (Thomas Law) and Lauren were told their son has optic nerve and chorioretinal coloboma.
This means that the back of his eyes have not been fully formed which leaves the young tot with severe sight impairment.
Jacqueline, 32, took to her Instagram account as she admitted her fears over the storyline.
Posting an emotional image of herself in character as Lauren Branning, cradling over her baby, she wrote a short essay on her story.
“Wow, your dms, comments and videos have not gone unnoticed I am BLOWN AWAY. I’m very overwhelmed,” Jacqueline admitted.
“Thank you so so much. Being gifted with this story has been a dream and I’ve found strength in the story.
“This is many people’s reality, many people that have dmed me and I feel so lucky to be able to tell a version of your story.
“I thought I would find it really really tough but I found it gave me this crazy sense of strength.”
She added: “I love how Lauren has handled herself through this.
“It’s so lovely to read all of the DMs and messages, truly I am so thankful.”
On Tuesday night’s dramatic instalment of EastEnders, Lauren was insistent that something was wrong with her baby at the hospital.
This was after the receptionist refused to give her an appointment as she was not referred.
Alarm bells rang in the Beale household when Lauren went ‘missing’ after Louie told Peter that he saw his mum taking pills that were kept in the kitchen.
He then expressed his fears to his father Ian (Adam Woodyatt) and recovering alcoholic Linda (Kellie Bright).
Lauren was left absolutely devastated as she explained it was only folic acid, which is a common medicine for new mums.
Peter tried to apologise but the incident left Lauren fearing that they were just not able to move on from her previous addiction problems.
Will they be able to come together for the sake of their baby?
EastEnders continues on BBC One and is available to stream on iPlayer.