{"id":54861,"date":"2024-07-16T12:21:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T10:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2072550"},"modified":"2024-07-16T15:49:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T13:49:41","slug":"hollyoaks-jennifer-metcalfe-thought-mercedess-2-baby-dads-storyline-was-fantasy","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/hollyoaks-jennifer-metcalfe-thought-mercedess-2-baby-dads-storyline-was-fantasy\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollyoaks\u2019 Jennifer Metcalfe thought Mercedes\u2019s 2 baby dads storyline was \u201cfantasy\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

“If it’s going to happen to anyone, it’s going to happen to Mercedes!” <\/p>

By Katelyn Mensah\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 16 July 2024 at 10:21 AM<\/p>

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When Hollyoaks bosses first approached Jennifer Metcalfe about a storyline in which Mercedes twins would have two different fathers, she laughed and didn\u2019t think it was possible, but she was soon taken aback by the reality.<\/p>\n

In recent months, Metcalfe has been working closely with Jamie Lomas (Warren Fox) and Richard Blackwood (Felix Westwood) in their heteropaternal superfecundation storyline, in which Warren and Felix are both the fathers to Mercedes\u2019 twins.<\/p>\n

Superfecundation is the fertilisation of two or more egg cells from the same cycle and, while it is incredibly rare, it\u2019s a storyline Hollyoaks have been pursuing.<\/p>\n

For this storyline, Hollyoaks took home the Best Twist award at the RadioTimes.com<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Soap Awards 2024<\/strong>,\u00a0sponsored by\u00a0Inspired Villages<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Jamie Lomas as Warren Fox and Jennifer Metcalfe as Mercedes McQueen.<\/span><\/figcaption> Lime Pictures<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Speaking exclusively to\u00a0RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Metcalfe said: \u201cIt\u2019s not just down to me, it\u2019s down to the storyline. When Hannah [Cheers] told me that Mercedes would be having twins to two different men I was like: \u2018This cannot happen.\u2019 She was like: \u2018No it can.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it was a bit of a fantasy storyline. When I googled it, it can happen in more than two ways, I think it\u2019s four ways it can happen. So, just be careful!\u201d<\/p>\n

Prior to her win, Metcalfe joked: \u201cIf it\u2019s going to happen to anyone, it\u2019s going to happen to Mercedes!\u201d<\/p>\n

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