Strictly Come Dancing’s Balvinder Sopal stuns EastEnders fans as she shares ‘massive spoiler’ in selfie from BBC set – as they fume ‘Walford never gets a peaceful Christmas!’
Strictly Come Dancing star Balvinder Sopal shared a ‘massive’ EastEnders spoiler in a new selfie from the BBC set.
The 46-year-old actress – who plays Suki Panesar in the long-running soap – took to her socials and shared some BTS from filming for EastEnders during breaks on her Strictly rehearsals.
The character is a fan favourite on the show, notably for dramatic storylines including her relationship with Eve Unwin.
Suki and Eve became the first lesbian couple to marry on the soap – with their wedding taking place on New Year’s Day 2025.
Balvinder decided to share a spoiler on her Instagram Stories with eagle-eyed fans spotting a clue.
She shared a photo of her eating a breakfast snack on set, but in the background there appears to be a hospital bed, with fans questioning if it was her on-screen wife Eve.
Strictly Come Dancing star Balvinder Sopal shared a ‘massive’ EastEnders spoiler in a new selfie from the BBC set
The 46-year-old actress – who plays Suki Panesar in the long-running soap – took to her socials and shared some BTS from filming for EastEnders during breaks on her Strictly rehearsals
One person asked: ‘Suki is sitting at somebody’s bedside! Is it Eve?’
Another jokingly added: ‘They never have a single Christmas or New Year in peace.’
It comes after the Strictly star revealed the ballroom dance show is taking a toll on her mental health after she has landed in the dance-off twice.
Balvinder was saved in recent weeks against the former England Rugby captain, Chris Robshaw, and again in the second week against presenter, Ross King.
But internet trolls and the tough rehearsal schedule has taken a toll on her mental health.
She told the Mail on Sunday: ‘I am really surprised at how mentally taxing it has been, I don’t know why.
‘Because it’s not just the dancing you have to think about, it’s everything else around it. It’s balancing work life, family life and then all the stuff that you might see online because we’ve been in the dance off twice.
‘It’s people’s opinions and attitudes stuff but you just have to stop that sometimes you have to get out of your head and enjoy it because that’s what we’re here for.’
It comes after the Strictly star revealed the ballroom dance show is taking a toll on her mental health after she has landed in the dance-off twice
Judges saved Balvinder in recent weeks, first over former England Rugby captain Chris Robshaw, and then again in the second week over presenter Ross King.
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Two years ago, actress Amanda Abbington revealed she had mild PTSD after the show for several personal and professional reasons, and she described the rehearsal schedule as exhausting.
Meanwhile the long-time hosts Tess Daly, 56, and Claudia Winkelman, 53, announced they are leaving the show.
Claudia will host a new chat show produced by the same team behind Graham Norton, and she and Tess had always agreed to leave the BBC show together.
Opening up about how the current cast of Strictly feel about the announcement, Balvinder l said: ‘Some of us are quite sad because it is the end of an era.
‘They are of the old school of Strictly, the time of Len Goodman and Bruce Forsythe, they bring all of that legacy with them.
‘So when they depart, we’re going to have two new people that are going to change direction, it will be a completely different show.’
She added: ‘Claudia is so funny and they’re so organic. They really are the best friends, they’re the matriarchs of the show and they’ve taken care of the show in the best possible way.’