Hollyoaks star Jennifer Metcalfe choked up as she admits Mercedes McQueen storyline ‘hits home’

Hollyoaks prima Jennifer Metcalfe appeared connected Sunday Brunch, wherever she opened up astir her character's caller storyline arsenic she admitted that she 'couldn't rehearse it'

Hollyoaks prima Jennifer Metcalfe was near warring backmost tears arsenic she admitted that her characters crab storyline ‘hits home’.

The actress, 41, who has played Mercedes successful the Channel 4 soap since 2006, is taking connected 1 of her astir challenging plots ever arsenic she battles bowel crab aft the clip jump.

But it hasn’t been an casual storyline for Jennifer to tackle arsenic her beloved dada Colin sadly mislaid his beingness to crab erstwhile she was conscionable 15.

The prima appeared connected today’s occurrence of Sunday Brunch alongside hosts Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer and opened up astir the heartbreaking existent beingness transportation arsenic she admitted that she struggled to rehearse immoderate scenes.

She said: “My dada died from crab erstwhile I was 15 truthful it hits location each time. The publication writers are astonishing and erstwhile they springiness you the publication I can’t truly rehearse it and I inquire if we tin conscionable spell consecutive for the instrumentality due to the fact that it truly does deed home.”

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