{"id":38162,"date":"2023-10-17T01:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T23:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1908264"},"modified":"2023-10-17T02:53:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T00:53:57","slug":"eastenders-jamie-borthwick-on-jay-browns-drugs-binge-ben-clash-and-shock-accident","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/eastenders-jamie-borthwick-on-jay-browns-drugs-binge-ben-clash-and-shock-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders\u2019 Jamie Borthwick on Jay Brown\u2019s drugs binge, Ben clash, and shock accident"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jay hits rock-bottom next week and heads for catastrophe. <\/p>

By Lewis Knight\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 17 October 2023 at 23:00 PM<\/p>

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Actor Jamie Borthwick has confirmed that Jay Brown hits \u201crock-bottom\u201d in EastEnders<\/a> next week.<\/p>\n

The BBC One soap has depicted Jay being overcome by the loss of his wife Lola Pearce-Brown<\/a> (Danielle Harold) earlier this year and has now turned to substance abuse by regularly ingesting ketamine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Having begun using ketamine after forging a connection with sex worker and Lola-lookalike Nadine Keller<\/a> (Jazzy Phoenix), Jay has been increasingly absent from the home and has clashed with surrogate brother Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden) and the latter\u2019s husband Callum Highway<\/a> (Tony Clay).<\/p>\n

Next week, Jay\u2019s latest behaviour is outed to his entire family, including his beloved step-daughter Lexi Pearce (Isabella Brown), leaving Jay at his lowest ebb and heading towards catastrophe.<\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview shared with RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press, actor Jamie Borthwick unpicks the latest low point in Jay Brown\u2019s tragic year so far.<\/p>

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Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick, centre), flanked by Gina Knight (Francesca Henry, left) is confronted by an angry Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden).<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Jack Barnes\/Kieron McCarron<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Over the<\/b>\u00a0past few months, we\u2019ve seen Jay take a downward spiral as he attempts to come to terms with Lola\u2019s passing. Can you unpick how he\u2019s feeling at the moment?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s low, he\u2019s hit rock bottom. He doesn\u2019t know where to turn which is why he\u2019s resulted to taking drugs. It seems to\u00a0<\/s>be problem after problem for him and it\u2019s probably the lowest he\u2019s ever felt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jay has been attempting to hide his turmoil from his loved ones unsuccessfully and this week Billy senses something is up. Why does Jay feel ready to tell Billy?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve been through a hell of a lot together. It could be looked at that he\u2019s so low that there\u2019s nowhere else to turn now. Billy is someone he does look up to and is someone he feels could help him. So, as much as he doesn\u2019t want to talk about it, at least it\u2019s to Billy because he can understand because he\u2019s had his own troubles and dramas in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Emma Barton as Honey Mitchell and Perry Fenwick as Billy Mitchell in EastEnders.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Jack Barnes\/Kieron McCarron<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Things seem to be on the up, but that soon comes crashing down after an event in The Vic. Can you explain this in more detail?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThings are looking good because it looks like Billy has got the family together and he\u2019s backing Jay to sort this and get Jay back in the family because it\u2019s not fair and he knows what\u2019s actually been going on, so he\u2019s trying to support Jay. Jay thinks \u2018Hold on, I might be able to get away with this\u2019, but Ben has the total opposite idea and completely outs Jay for the whole Nadine situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cBilly obviously doesn\u2019t take too kindly to this and Jay knows he\u2019s in [hot water] now because it\u2019s all come out. Just when he thought he couldn\u2019t get any lower, Lexi hears all and she\u2019s the last person that Jay wants to find out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jay faces losing his connection with Lexi if he cannot turn his life around, how does Jay feel about this prospect?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an absolute no. He thinks \u2018anything will happen before I lose my connection with Lexi\u2019, and the thought of her not being okay is a paramount no, no for Jay. It cannot happen. So, when this does come out and it jeopardises his relationship with Lexi, naturally Jay cannot cope as this is the worst thing to happen to him besides Lola dying \u2013 it is his worst nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n

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George Knight (Colin Salmon, left) is concerned about Jay (Jamie Borthwick, right) and Gina\u2019s (Francesca Henry, centre) connection.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Jack Barnes\/Kieron McCarron<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

At the minute it seems like no one is in Jay\u2019s corner. Who does he turn to for support?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a connection with Gina, but other than that he is kind of on his own. Gina is there, but she has her own warning from her own family not to get involved.\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not long before he ruffles feathers with George. Can you unpick this for us?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cGeorge finds drugs in Jay\u2019s bag and naturally George is very protective over his daughter because she\u2019s had her own troubles. Obviously from his point of view, there is no way that this boy is getting in the way of his daughter\u2019s progression away from drugs. George wants Jay away from Gina \u2013 he sees him as a threat.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jamie Borthwick as Jay Brown in EastEnders, heading to catastrophe.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Jack Barnes\/Kieron McCarron<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

At the end of the week, Jay is involved in an accident. Can you explain in more detail what happens and why?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThere is an accident at the house and after that, Jay just cannot cope anymore. He needs to get away from Walford because being around there is just causing nothing but carnage.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe tries to persuade Gina to come with him to Margate \u2013 he wants to go back there because he and Lola had spent some time there together. Gina says she is going to go, but doesn\u2019t end up coming. So, on a whim and under the influence, he drives to Margate, but it doesn\u2019t quite go to plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

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