EastEnders star breaks silence on unexpected and ‘heartbreaking’ Elaine twist as Linda reels

EastEnders’ Elaine Peacock (Harriet Thorpe) had nary prime but to uncover asecret she’d held for decades, informing girl Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) that her beloved dada John was gay.

The newest Queen Vic landlady, arsenic viewers know, is connected the cusp of her blessed ending, owed to wed her 1 existent emotion George Knight (Colin Salmon) imminently, with this week’s offerings of the BBC One soap seeing her hole for her large day.

Her grandson Johnny Carter (Charlie Suff) was tasked with making the hen bash a memorable 1 and helium surely did conscionable that – though not needfully for the close reasons – arsenic helium booked a resistance queen by the sanction of Drew Peacock.

The unexpected accomplishment took Elaine by surprise, which near Linda and Johnny’s interests piqued arsenic the parent and lad duo demanded answers from the matriarch of the clan.

‘This is Elaine’s imagination yet coming true’ said prima Harriet Thorpe. ‘She’s having a hen nighttime and it was each going to beryllium amusive and beauteous and past abruptly determination is this person.

‘This abruptly came up successful her caller wedding, which was specified a daze due to the fact that it came retired of obscurity – near tract – and it triggered her feelings of does she person value.’

While Elaine processed what had transpired, Linda decided to question Drew out, hoping to get immoderate answers. But erstwhile that failed, she turned to Elaine erstwhile more, begging her mum to unfastened up. Left with small choice, Elaine revealed a concealed she’d harboured for years.

John, her precocious hubby and Linda’s father, was cheery – and he’d had an matter with Drew. The quality knocked Linda for six – and it’s harmless to accidental she didn’t respond precise good astatine all.

‘Linda loved and idolised her father,’ said Harriet. ‘But she had nary existent thought of what it was similar arsenic a parent to beryllium this pugnacious person, to unreal everything is okay, tally the pub, bash everything.

‘Linda feels Elaine was ne'er determination for her, but she was. She was besides trying to enactment her hubby who had a monolithic secret. So hopefully Linda tin realise that her parent is determination and really ever was. She was trying to enactment her dada but she didn’t cognize it.’

In presumption of however Elaine felt astir John and his sexuality, Harriet told america that it was precise important for audiences to spot that her alter-ego ne'er harbour immoderate shame implicit the concern – and that she was afloat accepting of her husband.

”She loved her hubby and wanted to enactment him successful his choice.,’ said the soap star. ‘He was scared, helium was frightened of radical knowing.

‘But Elaine wasn’t trying to enactment a disguise up for her, she wanted to honour her husband. Had helium been successful different spot she would have, but helium wasn’t capable to due to the fact that of his macho standpoint and couldn’t woody with, then, the judgement. What was truthful important to maine was that she was determination for him. 

‘For Elaine it wasn’t that she felt betrayed oregon lost, it was the reality. It was heartbreaking for her but lone successful the consciousness that she thought everything was mean for her, that really him wanting to beryllium with different antheral was besides mean and was besides good for her.

‘She wanted to enactment him due to the fact that helium was frightened that radical would justice him. So she didn’t archer anybody for that reason. And that’s important.’

EastEnders airs Mondays to Thursdays astatine 7:30m connected BBC One oregon watercourse archetypal from 6am connected iPlayer.

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