Emmerdale star Charlotte Bellamy has revealed more details of April Windsor's upcoming hospital dash, admitting that it won't be a wake-up call for her troubled character Laurel Dingle.
Next week's episodes see the youngster become unwell after she mistakenly drinks Laurel's glass of vodka and orange at home. The worrying incident takes place after Laurel starts to drink spirits during the day.
While it's clear that Laurel's problems with alcohol are escalating, she refuses to admit this to herself and instead focuses her attentions on hiding what happened from her husband Marlon.
Speaking of the dramatic scenes, Bellamy commented: "It's not good at all. Laurel's drinking is starting to get out of control and that has consequences. That's when she has to do the terrible thing of trying to cover it up, because children talk.
"There's a terrible scene coming up for Laurel and April which I found difficult to film. Laurel has to tell April to lie. April even has this little sticker from the hospital to say how brave she is, but Laurel has to tell her to take it off. It's awful!
"Laurel feels absolutely terrible, but like with any alcoholic, she thinks she can have another drink and it'll just be okay. The audience will think 'just stop drinking then' but she keeps getting herself into worse situations and then trying to cover it. You know that it's going to unravel."
April is taken to hospital after drinking Laurel's drink
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April in hospital
The cover-up helps to keep Marlon in the dark over his daughter's hospital visit, but Laurel's father Doug Potts does find out what happened.
Bellamy continued: "April tells Doug that she drank bad juice and went to hospital, so obviously he clicks on and confronts Laurel. Laurel is still in complete denial and says she doesn't have a problem. He knows it's something more sinister so he pursues it.
"This story goes further, so I think there will be a point of no return." Lets hope it is sooner rather than later
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