EastEnders legend Jacqueline Jossa has addressed a totally bizarre moment from last night’s live episode, that seemed to show Lauren Branning sniffing cousin Sonia Fowler’s (Natalie Cassidy) knickers.
You heard me correctly.
The heartbreaking instalment was capped off with a spell-binding performance from James Bye and Lacey Turner, as his character Martin Fowler succumbed to injuries sustained in the Queen Vic explosion.
After going into cardiac arrest as a result of crush syndrome, Stacey Slater cradled his dead body amongst the rubble and screamed out, just moments after the pair declared their love for one another.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the pub,Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy) had gone into early labour.
The scenes provided much comic relief, as her sister Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer) navigated the tricky situation with zero help from Lauren.
Neither of them were prepared to take a look at what was happening, as poor Son’ wailed and declared that she couldn’t bring a baby into the world that was fathered by her wicked, murderous fiancé Reiss Colwell (Jonny Freeman).
To make matters worse, his corpse was literally on the other side of the room having been hilariously flattened by a falling bathtub earlier in the week.
Sonia eventually gave birth to her little girl, who she (ahem, the viewers) named Julia, and delivered an emotional monologue over the last few scenes.
Despite everything, viewers were more focussed on one part of the episode that seemed to show Lauren taking a whiff of Sonia’s undergarments.
As she pushed (or as Bianca so eloquently put it ‘Come on blow, blow like you’ve blown that trumpet!’), B’ whipped off her sister’s pants and threw them over her shoulder.
Lauren caught them, and after realising what they were, threw them to one side.
Over 435,000 people have found much hilarity in the situation on TikTok, where one fan posted the clip.
As a result, Jacqueline has now been forced to reveal all on what has been dubbed ‘KnickerGate scandal’ by fans.
Commenting on the video – and receiving a whopping 6,544 likes – Jac wrote: ‘Just to clarify, I didn’t sniff them. I was checking what they were and lifting them in shot. No sniffing.’
In the replies she added: ‘They usually hit me in the face so I think I just lifted them up to make sure it was in the shot. This is amazing.’
She also added a number of laughing face emojis.
One fan responded: ‘Wahahahaha I love that you commented to clarify. It does look like it tho no lie. Well done for tonight!!!’
Another added: ‘You did good. Well done, what a funny scene! I’d of cracked. Well done all.’
‘You did amazing, sniff or no sniff’ added a third.
‘Absolutely hilarious but FAB FAB acting from you all!!! Well done gal! Had me in tears laughin & crying tonight’ said a fourth.
So that’s cleared that up then…
