EASTENDERS fans have slammed a ‘completely foolish’ Jay Brown and Nadine Keller’s relationship twist.
In recent scenes, Jay got a shock when sex worker Nadine returned to Walford and revealed she is pregnant with his baby.
Jay hasn’t questioned the paternity of the baby, and hasn’t asked for a DNA test, but step-daughter Lexi is suspicious of Nadine after spotting her secretly drinking vodka.
In tonight’s episode, Nadine arrived at Callum’s flat – where Jay and Lexi are living – in tears.
Nadine revealed the friend she is staying with has demanded she leave by the end of the week.
Jay reassured Nadine that they would sort something out, leaving Lexi even more concerned.
She told Billy that she had seen Nadine drinking, and later, Billy tried to bring it up with Jay at the car lot, but he batted it away claiming Lexi was just acting up at the thought of the new baby coming into their lives.
He added: “Everything Nadine’s doing is for the good of this baby.”
Regarding her accommodation woes, Jay said: “I’ve sorted that, she ain’t gonna be staying at her friends any more.”
Billy thought he meant Nadine would be moving in, but Jay said: “Well no, I’m going to find some money, put it together, and put it down as a deposit on a flat for her, a place of her own, you know, for her and the baby.”
However, EastEnders viewers couldn’t believe how much of a mug Jay was being, as well as other members of the family.
Taking to X – formerly Twitter – one raged: “why is everyone in this nadine storyline written out of character?
“There’s no way callum would allow drug-dealing nadine to move into his tiny flat and neither would billy or honey.
“Even jay is being written like a complete fool just to drive the plot forward.”
Another replied: “They can’t even follow their own out of character writing because apparently Jay forgot that Lexi said she wouldn’t mind having a baby sister and just keeps harping on that she’s lying about Nadine drinking vodka! More this goes the more annoyed I am.”
Another tweeted: “Jay deserves to be scammed by Nadine.. believing her without a shred of evidence? Not even a paternity test? Lexi saw her drinking and he doesn’t believe her.”
Meanwhile a fellow viewer added regarding Jay finding money for a deposit: “Can you not have done that anyway? even without nay deen being there..”
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