Hollyoaks airs tragic alcoholism scenes for John Paul as Matthew-Jesus is hurt
Hollyoaks spoilers follow.
Hollyoaks has aired a tragic escalation in John Paul's alcoholism story in tonight's (February 14) first-look episode as his son Mathew-Jesus was hurt in an accident.
Following John Paul's relapse in last night's (February 13) Valentine's Day episode where he mistakenly took a drink from Mercedes' alcohol laden cup, but then continued to drink in secret.
As tonight's episode began, a hungover John Paul was woken up by Mathew-Jesus who told him he had promised him a trip to the theme park. After John Paul denied letting his son bunk off school an upset Mathew-Jesus stormed off.
After promising he was fine, Mercedes found that John Paul had hidden a bottle of alcohol and, during a heated discussion, John Paul blamed Mercedes for his relapse.
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Later, a drunken John Paul took Mathew-Jesus out of school for a trip to the playground to make up for his broken promise.
Not long after secretly hiding alcohol in his coffee cup, a visibly drunk John Paul tumbled into Matthew-Jesus, leaving his son injured when he fell to the ground.
A hurt and bruised Matthew-Jesus had to get his dad John Paul home safe. Back at home, the McQueens were waiting for a pseudo-intervention but John Paul wouldn't listen.
"You had two choices today, you could either drink, or be a good father, go sleep it off because you don't want to damage that little boy any more," Mercedes told John Paul.
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Elsewhere, Darren begged Tony to give him a job behind the bar again and Tony promised him some shifts, but then Tony accused Diane of having an affair.
Meanwhile, Juliet and Peri looked loved up after declaring their love for each other and Peri's mum warned her that Juliet's cancer diagnosis will test their relationship.
Finally, Honour received a surprise phone call from the prison, saying that they wanted to interview her about assaulting Eric.
Hollyoaks streams first on All 4, with new episodes dropping each weekday morning. The show airs Mondays to Fridays at 6.30pm on Channel 4, and at 7pm on E4.
Selected omnibus episodes are available via Prime Video.
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Alcohol Change UK offers information, advice and support with their questions about drinking and the problems that can sometimes be caused by alcohol. For more information, visit Alcohol Change UK's website. Drinkline also offers free, confidential advice to anyone who is concerned about their own or someone else's drinking on 0300 123 1110 (weekdays 9am–8pm, weekends 11am–4pm).
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