Hollyoaks' Jennifer Metcalfe discusses dark Bobby storyline

Hollyoaks spoilers follow.

Hollyoaks actress Jennifer Metcalfe has offered some thoughts on Bobby Costello's dark storyline.

It was young Bobby (played by Jayden Fox) who caused the demise of stepdad Sylver McQueen during the explosion at Salon de Thé de Marnie earlier this week. Bobby falsely informed on-site responders that Sylver – who was lying unconscious in the rubble – was nowhere to be seen.

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Catching up with Radio Times, Metcalfe, who plays Bobby's grieving mum Mercedes McQueen, commented: "Her head is in the sand, but some things don't sit well with her.

"Eventually his behaviour becomes more obviously worrying but Mercedes still chooses to deny there's something not right with him.

"Bobby is clever and worms his way out of things, she wants to believe he's her perfect little boy but everyone around her starts to make her question him.

"At first she puts his issues down to losing Sylver, his father figure. She uses all kinds of excuses but it's quite unnerving to watch how creepy he gets!"

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Metcalfe then addressed whether or not her character would protect Bobby if she unearthed the disturbing truth.

"I'm not sure, and that's what makes the storyline so interesting going forward," she said. "What would a mother do in that situation? For me, there's nothing I wouldn't do for my little boy [Daye]. However, you can only protect them so far before you end up making it worse!

"How Mercedes deals with Bobby will show a side to her we've not seen before, but she can't ignore the fact he could be a danger to the world," Metcalfe continued.

"It's going to be a long-running storyline and I'm looking forward to getting my teeth into it, and I love working [with] Jayden, he's amazing and a proper little character.”

Hollyoaks airs new episodes from Mondays to Fridays at 6.30pm on Channel 4, with first-look screenings at 7pm on E4. Selected omnibus episodes are available via Amazon Prime Video.