Thursday night\u2019s episode (26th January 2023) saw Lola (Danielle Harold) given a confidence boost by her maid of honour Kim Fox (Tameka Empson) after experiencing doubts about marrying Jay knowing she will soon die due to her terminal brain tumour diagnosis.<\/a><\/p>\n Despite both being late, eventually, Jay (Jamie Borthwick) was delighted when Lola turned up and became Mrs Pearce-Brown!<\/p>\n Later at the reception, Lola felt betrayed to learn that Jay was aware her grandfather Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) had tracked down her mother Emma Harding (Patsy Kensit) and she rejected an invite to the wedding.<\/p> After fleeing the Vic, Lola was found by her daughter Lexi\u2019s grandmother Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth), who opened up to Lola about her own experience of giving her own daughter Donna<\/a> away.<\/p>\n Following wise words from Kathy, Lola returned to the wedding reception and even went on to give an emotional speech thanking Billy for being the only true parent in her life and making clear her great love for Jay.<\/p>\n As Lola began to feel the symptoms of her sickness, she and Jay returned home and lay in bed.<\/p>\n However, Jay was overcome with emotion holding his new wife \u2013 knowing their time together will be limited<\/a> \u2013 tragically symbolised by the lost balloon of Lola\u2019s initial and Jay\u2019s floating alone in their bedroom.<\/p>\n The touching scenes in tonight\u2019s episode left many fans of the BBC One soap emotional about the night\u2019s events and they took to social media to share their thoughts.<\/p>\n Executive producer Chris Clenshaw has explained the decision to kill off the beloved character<\/a>, but the scenes will still be gutting for viewers at home.<\/p>\n One emotional EastEnders fan wrote on Twitter: \u201cThe scenes between <\/span>Lola<\/span> and Jay are so hard to watch, they are both such good actors, <\/span>Lola<\/span> is bringing so much emotion with her storyline<\/span> it\u2019s definitely heartbreaking to watch and it\u2019ll only get more sad\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n The scenes between Lola and Jay are so hard to watch, they are both such good actors, Lola is bringing so much emotion with her storyline\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffd it\u2019s definitely heartbreaking to watch and it\u2019ll only get more sad\ud83d\ude2d #EastEnders<\/a><\/p>\u2014 \u2601\ufe0fSandeep Boparai (@sandeepiee) January 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Lola-Pearce-EastEnders-Thursday-26th-197384f.jpg?quality=90&crop=4px%2C5px%2C613px%2C408px&resize=613%2C408"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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