Gutted EastEnders fans convinced huge character is leaving after family makes big decision about their future
Some EastEndenders fans believe the decision could leave Linda at a loose end and signal her exit.
4
4
The uncertainty has sparked a flurry of discussion on social media, as one suggested on Reddit: 'So we know Linda and Elaine are selling The Vic.
'Are they leaving the show or will they remain on the Square?
'And if they're remaining, where are they going to be living and what will they do?
'Elaine can retire, but Linda doesn't really have any skills beyond landlady.
'I really hope Kellie Bright doesn't leave as I think she's one of the better actors the show has.'
Another viewer echoed the concern, saying: 'They should both leave; hard as it may be to admit; Linda and Mick were a package and she's rubbish without him just as he'd be crap without her.
'I've had enough of her wearing pink and getting drunk; I mean it's been 12 years and what else does she do apart from that?! She needs to leave and so does Elaine! Nothing here for either of them.'
However, others said they were jumping to conclusions.
'Nothing's been said about them leaving, not even rumours,' one fan replied.
'Speaking of, Max is supposedly coming back — they wouldn't get rid of Linda and, in turn, the drama of Max finding out about Annie.'
Linda Carter sinks to all-time low in gross EastEnders scene - as alcoholism spirals
Linda's had plenty of storylines beyond the pub — alcoholism, losing Mick, and the affair with Max.
Kellie has portrayed Linda since 2013, and quickly became one of the most recognisable faces on EastEnders.
Arriving with her actor Danny Dyer playing her on-screen husband Mick, Kellie's stories involved sexual assault, alcoholism, and the death of Mick in 2022.
Her mum Elaine (Harriet Thorpe) joined the soap in 2023.
She resolved to get her daughter back on the straight and narrow and off the booze.
The pair are now selling The Queen Vic - with EastEnders accidentally leaked the spoiler earlier this year.
The Sun later revealed Albert Square's next landlady at the Queen Vic pub is Kat Moon.
The leopard print-loving loudmouth takes over the EastEnders boozer after owners Linda Carter and her mum Elaine Peacock were forced to put it up for sale
4
4
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Sun
5 minutes ago
- The Sun
Holly Willoughby looks incredible in black strapless bikini selfie as she throws support behind Oasis' gigs
HOLLY Willoughby looks incredible in a new selfie, while donning a black strapless bikini and a bucket hat. The 44-year-old star left fans in a frenzy as she shared the black and white image with her 8.2million Instagram followers. 4 4 She grinned from ear to ear and had her eyes covered by the Adidas bucket hat, in a show of support for Oasis as they play another Wembley gig. The popular TV presenter, who could be seen standing in a garden, penned: 'When your not in Wembley but your head is… have fun tonight if you're lucky enough to be going 🖤.' Holly accessorised with a beaded necklace with her initial 'H' on, and fans flooded the comments to tell the star how good she looked. 'You look stunning,' one person wrote, while another added: 'stunningly beautiful lady.' Others shared fire emojis and love hearts beneath Holly's bikini pic. And the selfie comes as fans descended on Wembley on Friday night, for Oasis' London gigs. Oasis superfans in bucket hats and branded T-shirts packed the Tube en route to the gig from earlier in the day, with international accents denoting the band's worldwide popularity. As with previous gigs, Liam and Noel walked onstage hand in hand, opened with Hello and proceeded to belt out many of their classics including Some Might Say and Morning Glory. And they paid an emotional tribute to Ozzy Osbourne at their first gig in London for more than a decade. Oasis pay poignant tribute to Ozzy Osbourne as 'Rock N Roll Star' appears on screen at Wembley in emotional song The band lit up a screen at Wembley Stadium with an image of the rock legend towards the end of the performance of their track Live Forever. The Gallagher brothers made a triumphant return to the capital - performing for the first time in London since 2009 - as they continued their world tour. As the band made their way through staple tracks, an image of a younger Ozzy made its way onto main screen as the crowd began to cheer. After finishing the song Live Forever, Liam announced to the crowd that he wanted to dedicate the next track - Rock 'N' Roll Star - to the late singer. Ozzy passed away at the age of 76 on Tuesday, just 17 days after performing his final gig in Birmingham. Turning to the packed Wembley crowd, Liam said: "I wanna dedicate this one to Ozzy Osbourne, Rock 'N' Roll Star." 4 4
BBC News
5 minutes ago
- BBC News
Bend It Like Beckham sequel in the works, director tells BBC
Bend It Like Beckham is getting a sequel more than 20 years after its release, its director has confirmed to the BBC. Gurinder Chadha teased the revival in Basel on Saturday, where England's Lionesses are preparing to face world champions Spain in Sunday's Euro 2025 final. The 2002 film, which starred Keira Knightley and Parminder Nagra, is credited with inspiring a generation of women to take up football. "We've been part of changing the game for women, so it felt like this was a good time for me to go back and investigate the characters," she has earmarked 2027 for the next instalment, to mark both the film's 25th anniversary and the Fifa Women's World Cup in Brazil. She said she was still unsure what form the sequel might take, but suggested it could either be another film or a television director told the BBC she had been asked almost twice a week since the original film was released to come up with a sequel."A lot has changed since the original movie, but I think that people still don't think that women should play football," she said. "There are people who still don't take it seriously, although the Lionesses are riding high.""I've left it a while, but I thought: look at the Euros, look at the Lionesses."Chadha said she hoped not only to reunite the original cast, but that members of the current England squad would be "queuing up" to take on cameo almost £60m on a budget of £3.5m, Bend It Like Beckham was a surprise hit that told the story of a young British-Indian girl with a passion for told the BBC that she had not expected the original to be so intention, she said, had been to "uplift girls, girls who grew up like me, who were always being told how to dress, how to look, what to say, what not to say"."What I did was say you can do what you want, and you can have it all, and I think that's a really great message to put out again. I think there's still stuff to say, and stuff to challenge."
Daily Mail
5 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
A smile and a wave as Uptown Girl blasted from Donald Trump's Golf Buggy One
It has been his dream for years to return to his beloved Turnberry course – one he describes as 'probably the best in the world' –for a quiet 18 holes in beautiful surroundings. Yet, it would seem being Leader of the Free World offers few opportunities to enjoy such private moments undisturbed on his own golf course. As he stepped onto the first tee at Turnberry's drizzly Ailsa Course, dressed in black with white shoes and a white 'USA' baseball cap, he was surrounded by a 28-golf buggy 'cavalcade' of staff and advisers, dozens of police officers and a bank of photographers. No pressure for that first drive then POTUS! What police are calling Operation Roll 2 was now underway. If his official aircraft is called Air Force One and his helicopter Marine One, it's only fair to assume The Donald was at the wheel of Golf Buggy One. His Presidential car, known as 'The Beast', is loaded with Bond-style gadgets believed to include smoke screens and door handles rigged to send a 120-volt electric shock to ward off attackers. Was Golf Buggy One similarly equipped? Perhaps fitted with an ejector seat, capable of rapidly transporting America's First Citizen from the second hole to the 14th green in an instant? Well, perhaps not... but it was equipped with his own personal sound system, and the course rang to the pumping beat of some of his favourite tunes. These included Uptown Girl by Billy Joel, Memory, from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats, All Out of Love, by Air Supply, Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers, and Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel. When he stepped onto the first tee with son Eric, around 10.15am, you almost expected to hear the starter's announcement: 'All the way from Washington DC…' It was difficult concentrating on the President's rapid progress around the course. An entire bush of yellow gorse suddenly moved to the right but it was only a couple of Scotland's Finest blowing their cover – and keeping the President safe. The police – estimated to number 5,000 officers – were less than chuffed at having to work 12-hour shifts to protect POTUS, even if did have Scottish blood in his veins. Still, they had been well looked after by their bosses. As well as food and drink in their goodie bags, those on extended duty at the seaside course had been given tubes of sun cream, midge repellent and even lip balm to cope with the Ayrshire climate. Some on duty didn't crack a smile, however. These were the mysterious pairings of men walking around in wet weather jackets and black skip caps. The giveaway that they weren't casual tourists from Oregon was the earpiece tucked into the collar of their shirts. At Trump Turnberry yesterday you couldn't tell your MI5 from your CIA. But the locals did seem to take it all in their stride. One nice lady living on the edge of the Ailsa course was so good-natured you could imagine her taking out afternoon tea to the two snipers standing on the tower at the bottom of her garden. Few strolled anywhere near the police cordon separating Trump's hotel and golf resort from the outside world. If they did, they could notice the drains on the road had been sealed with heavy-duty duct tape after being searched for explosives. Oh, and the metal barriers were strong enough to stop a Sherman tank. Kay Smith travelled from Liverpool to show her support for the 47th President of the United States. Wearing a 'Make America Great Again' ensemble, the 38-year-old carer dropped her red, white and blue face mask to explain the reason behind her unusual weekend pilgrimage to the shadow of Ailsa Craig. She said: 'We just wanted to get a glimpse of Trump. We love him. We were at the airport on Friday night and caught sight of Air Force One but we've not managed to see him in the flesh yet.' Miles of new 10ft fences with ultra-fine mesh had also been erected to keep protesters away – but most of them were miles away in Edinburgh and Aberdeen. If the reasons behind the huge security presence were not so serious – an alleged assassination attempt was made last year as Mr Trump played golf in Florida – the scenes at the luxury resort on the West Coast of Scotland would be nigh on farcical. The President is known to be impatient on the golf course and hates being held up. No fear at Turnberry as his was the only group on the course. It's handy when you can choose any tee time you want. It is thought Mr Trump went round the course at breakneck speed – and was back at his hotel for lunch. And his score? Well, who knows? However, photographers perched on a windy hill around 150 yards away were adamant they spotted one rather ungentlemanly manoeuvre on the third fairway, after an errant ball from the President failed to land where it had been expressly told to land and ended up in the long grass. The story goes a helpful caddie picked it up and dropped it in a more favourable lie, before Mr Trump seemed to nudge it himself with his club towards the hole. Could the President have bent the hallowed rules of golf ever so slightly? Or could it just be fake news?
