EastEnders actress Jacqueline Jossa has revealed that she was PREGNANT at the time of filming for the dramatic fall in the Christmas episode
Jacqueline, 25, announced her second pregnancy with husband Dan Osborne earlier this week - and has confessed that she was actually pregnant at the time of filming the tense scenes.
The episode saw Max Branning contemplate suicide on the roof of the Queen Vic, before his daughter Abi and Lauren (played by Jacqueline) spotted him from the ground and raced up to change his mind.
Thankfully, they managed to save him - but the girls both fell from the roof.
WATCH: Abi and Lauren Branning fall from the roof of the Queen Vic
Lauren has survived the fall, but Abi - who was pregnant at the time and had to have an emergency caesarean - is due to have her life support switched off this week.
So it's ironic really that Jacqueline was pregnant in real life!
She told OK! Magazine that she had initially wanted to keep her news a secret, saying: "When it came to the day we were due to film my fall from the pub roof I confided in a couple of people.
"EastEnders were great and gave me the option of not continuing with the scenes as they were planned but I was desperate to and also knew how safe it was."
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Jac, who is already mum to two-year-old Ella with Dan, added that the stunt man had reassured her, adding that she just needed to step back a short distance and fall onto some foam, adding: "It was actually really good fun!"
However, Jacqueline wasn't able to keep her secret from all her cast-members, as one in particular had GUESSED her pregnancy without any prompting!
And who should it be but her on-screen mum, Jo Joyner?!
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Jacqueline revealed: "I was trying to keep it a secret, but Jo Joyner guessed while we were filming the Christmas Day episode."
HOW. How could she possibly guess?!
WELL. Jac told all: "We were standing in the rain and she said, ‘It’s a good job no one is pregnant,’ then she looked straight at me and gave me a knowing look!
"I wasn’t planning on telling any of them but she caught me off guard and I ended up confessing."
Now that is spooky!
Jo has also commented on the fact that she guessed, taking to Twitter to write: "Can’t keep anything from your muvva!"
Congratulations to the family!
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