Hollyoaks spoilers follow for Tuesday’s episode (September 24), which is available to watch now on streaming service Channel 4 and hasn’t yet aired on TV.Hollyoaks star Jennifer Metcalfe has opened up about the latest emotional cancer scenes involving her character Mercedes McQueen.After the show’s time jump, it was revealed that Mercedes had been diagnosed with bowel cancer over the previous year.She has already undergone surgery and chemotherapy, but a secondary tumour was found on her liver that the doctors are attempting to treat.Lime PicturesRelated: Best streaming servicesIn today’s episode, Mercedes was told the devastating news that the chemo hadn’t worked, and without a specialist drug which was difficult to source, she had at most a year to live.The episode ended with a powerful scene that involved Mercedes looking at herself in the mirror in a vulnerable state: in her underwear, without her wig and with her stoma bag on show.She then listened to a CD that was…
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