BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Jamie Borthwick's famous cousin - but neither of them knew

Strictly Come Dancing and EastEnders prima Jamie Borthwick discovered helium had a celebrated relative helium didn’t cognize astir erstwhile helium joined him successful Albert Square arsenic a caller character

Strictly Jamie Borthwick’s occupation erstwhile led to an unexpected household find erstwhile a caller histrion joined EastEnders and had the aforesaid sanction arsenic his uncle.

Jamie Borthwick is presently wowing the judges and viewers of Strictly Come Dancing with his stunning performances alongside nonrecreational creation spouse Michelle Tsiakkas. The 30-year-old histrion has been impressing fans of EastEnders though since 2016 erstwhile helium archetypal joined the BBC soap arsenic the young teenage tearaway Jay Brown.

His quality has seen galore highs and lows since then, with 1 of his astir caller and hard hitting storylines seeing him caregiver his dying woman Lola arsenic she battled a encephalon tumour. But backmost successful 2018, determination was a caller look successful Albert Square, who it turned retired had a precise idiosyncratic transportation to Jamie.

Charlie Winter was formed arsenic Hunter Owen, the lad of Melanie Owen, played by Tamzin Outhwaite. When Jamie heard the caller kid connected the block’s sanction it sparked a question successful his caput due to the fact that it was the aforesaid arsenic 1 of his older relatives. In 2021 helium recalled the infinitesimal with The Sun and said: "My large uncle is called Charlie Winter, truthful erstwhile they said determination was a kid coming successful called Charlie Winter, I was like, 'Seriously?' Turns retired we are 2nd cousins."

Charlie played Hunter until 2019 erstwhile helium was killed disconnected successful shocking scenes. The teen slayer changeable Ben Mitchell successful the Queen Vic, which caused his lungs to collapse. He past took Ben’s large sister Louise Mitchell hostage successful beforehand of horrified onlookers. Keanu Taylor tried to leap to the rescue, charging astatine Hunter who changeable him. He past threw Louise to the level and aimed the weapon astatine her earlier equipped constabulary changeable him dormant successful beforehand of mum Mel. After leaving EastEnders Charlie pursued a vocation successful music, with immoderate comparing him to Justin Bieber and Justin Timberlake.

Jamie meantime remains connected EastEnders and besides revealed that helium erstwhile had a crush connected an older pistillate co-star. But alternatively than support his feelings nether wraps and respect the beauteous woman from afar, helium decided to marque a alternatively embarrassing beforehand connected her, which was precise overmuch encouraged by different naughty antheral formed member.

Jamie recalled the mortifying infinitesimal successful a erstwhile interrogation with TV Times erstwhile helium revealed that helium had ever been wholly enamoured with Emma Barton , 47, who plays the wide-eyed Honey Mitchell and who besides took portion successful Strictly successful 2019. He was conscionable a teen erstwhile helium archetypal laid eyes connected her and her quality blew him away. "I was astir 14 erstwhile I archetypal acceptable eyes connected Emma Barton," helium revealed: "I fell successful emotion with her long, shapely legs and I wanted to wed her."

It was acknowledgment to the mischievous Perry Fenwick, who played Billy, that helium decided to enactment connected it though. "Perry told maine to chat her up, and I retrieve walking implicit to her and saying, 'Alright darlin'... wow, you odor nice." It brought the location down and we inactive laughter astir it now," helium said. "I emotion moving with Emma. I won't accidental what it is, but we person thing successful communal that's precise uncommon and precise peculiar that brings america together. I inactive effort and chat her up and accidental that 1 day, we'll get married, but she's having nary of it!"

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