EastEnders actor Jacqueline Jossa has spoken about the worrying storyline involving
her character Lauren Branning and Cindy Beale.
Cindy has been giving Lauren some non-prescription medication in order to buy her
silence about Kojo Asare’s fall. In upcoming scenes, however, Lauren is rushed to hospital where Cindy learns that she has been taking the pills while pregnant in order to deal with the pain she is still suffering following the crush at Peggy’s.
Incensed, Cindy tells Lauren to come clean about her self-medicating to Peter, or she’ll tell him.
“[Lauren] is really worried that Cindy is going to spit the truth out at any moment,” Jossa said. “Lauren knows she could blow her secret, and it’s added even more pressure.
“Cindy tells Lauren that she’s going to take the drugs away from her because she’s pregnant, and that’s not something Lauren thinks she can do right now.
“The ultimatum is really scary for her. Lauren wants to tell Peter, but in telling him, she knows she’s got to get this addiction under control. Now Cindy has the upper hand, massively.
“Cindy and Lauren are always too-ing and fro-ing, and Lauren had something huge on Cindy with Kojo, but with this, there is a baby involved. So, Lauren knows it’s a ticking time bomb, and something needs to happen.
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“I think that Lauren plays a really good game, but when Cindy goes dark, Lauren is really fearful of her. There’s part of Cindy that will do anything to protect her family, even though what she’s really doing is protecting herself. Cindy will do anything to keep her secrets, and Lauren knows that Cindy will take her down.”
We know that Cindy’s affair with Junior Knight is set to come out on Christmas Day, but what about the truth about Kojo’s fall and Cindy’s threats to him, not to mention Lauren’s addiction and the two-way blackmail there?
It’s going to be an explosive Christmas in Albert Square, that’s for sure.
