Let’s go back to 2004. Jean first appeared as Stacey’s mum. Stacey was a teenager. So Jean was probably in her 40s or early 50s back then. Simple, right? Wrong.
Flashbacks show a younger Jean. They mess with our heads. She had Stacey very young, so the math gets fuzzy. Is she 60? Is she 67? Nobody knows for sure.
Even the writers seem to forget. One minute she’s a young mum in a flashback from the 1980s. Next minute, she’s dating a bloke from her school days. Time is a rubber band in Walford.
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Did you know Jean once celebrated her 50th birthday in 2014? That would make her 61 now. But then she had a storyline about being 58 just two years later. Math? Who needs it!
She’s also a great-grandmother now. Yes, via Stacey’s kids. That’s usually a sign you’re old. But Jean rocks a pair of leopard-print trousers like she’s 25.
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Her age is a running gag with fans. We joke that Jean is actually ageless. Like a vampire, but with better hair and a dodgy microwave.
