Hollyoaks star Jennifer Metcalfe jets home alone from Portugal after huge bust-up with boyfriend Chris Eagles
SOAP actress Jennifer Metcalfe jetted home from holiday alone after a huge bust-up with boyfriend Chris Eagles.
The Hollyoaks star, 37, and the former Manchester United ace, 35, flew to Portugal last month when Covid restrictions lifted.
They were seen partying with other footballers including Wayne Rooney, Jonny Evans and their partners. But it ended in tears in the Algarve one night when the couple, who started dating last year, had a huge row.
A source said: “They were at a bar and it got very heated after one of them got a bit jealous.
“Jen told pals it was quite bad and she booked a flight as she thought it was over. Since they got back to the UK, feelings have cooled down a bit and they are trying to rebuild their relationship.”
Eagles, currently without a club, returned alone to Liverpool’s John Lennon airport on June 6 — two days before Portugal was put on the amber list.
A source said: “He was quite agitated when he saw a photographer taking pictures of holidaymakers returning home.”
Eagles has two children with ex-fiancée Danielle Mitchinson, 30. They split last October. He later began dating mum-of-one Metcalfe, 37, who had split with long-term lover Greg Lake, 36.
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Danielle later accused Jennifer, who plays Mercedes McQueen in the Channel 4 soap, of betrayal.
She told a pal: “I thought Jen was my friend.”
Eagles faces trial in September for allegedly being drunk and asleep in his car outside Jennifer’s home in Altrincham, Gtr Manchester, in March.