FURIOUS EastEnders viewers have slammed an iconic character, saying ‘she should be ashamed of herself’ following recently aired scenes.
Michelle Collins originally appeared in the BBC soap as Cindy Beale on and off from 1988 to 1998.
Despite the character’s presumed death more than two decades ago, Cindy returned last year with the revelation that she had been living under witness protection the whole time.
Viewers soon learned Cindy (then known as Rose Knight) had been married to George Knight (Colin Salmon), with whom she had two daughters, Gina (Francesca Henry) and Anna (Molly Rainford) – but later became estranged from them.
Despite Cindy having reunited with first husband Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt), she has been trying to win back George.
However, George rejected Cindy after she threw herself at him, ultimately leading to Cindy instead sleeping with his son, Junior (Micah Balfour), who recently returned to George’s life.
Junior is, of course, also the half-brother to Cindy’s daughters, due to their shared father.
Fans were not happy with Cindy following her actions and expressed their outrage over what she had done.
Taking to Reddit, one wrote: “Cindy came back to Walford with Ian, and they were happy. She began stalking George and she misses their love together.
“He keeps telling her that he’s with Elaine. They kissed and then Junior comes to town.
“George refused to go back to Cindy, and then Cindy kissed Junior while has a full wife and a son!
“It’s like the writers are making Ian nonexistent and creating this Cindy/George/Junior triangle.
“I really hope Jane would be back to support Ian, and I am so glad that Kathy slapped the living s**t out of that s*****r!”
Another agreed, commenting: “To think that she kept on shaming Lauren, when quite frankly she is NO BETTER!!!! The irony and ignorance of Cindy is mind blowing…”
A third penned: “Even worse when she knows junior is her ex step son as well as sibling to her daughters.
“Wish they never brought her back. Can’t stand her or this storyline.”
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While a fourth: “She actually worse this time around. I almost felt there was a naivety to what she did in the 90’s.
“She was weak, but now she’s cold and calculating…that look as she walked away?
“She’ll sleep with him again next week and I can’t wait for her to be branded with a scarlet letter.”
EastEnders is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
