EastEnders’ favourite confirms return as she reveals she was ‘super nervous’ to head back to BBC soap

AN EastEnders favourite has confirmed she’s heading back to Albert Square – five months after her emotional exit scenes.

Patsy Kensit will return as Emma Harding – mum of the late Lola Pearce [Danielle Harold] – later this year.

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Actress Patsy, 55, has confessed she was left star struck by the cast of EastEnders, despite her own long and successful career.

Appearing on This Morning, she said: “I’m a superfan and it really is my dream job. That was really top of list. It was manifested.

“I was really starstruck and super nervous as I actually am a superfan.”

Emma is coming back to Walford to be there for granddaughter Lexi, who is struggling to come to terms with her mother’s death.

But Patsy admitted her character probably isn’t the best person for Lexi.

She said: “Emma is a flight risk.

“She will say and believe everything that she’s telling this person and then walk out of the door. It’s cruel.”

It comes as Patsy has called off her whirlwind engagement to millionaire Patric Cassidy, 56, and decided to focus on work instead.

Self-confessed “hopeless romantic” Patsy announced ten months ago they were getting married after he popped the question within weeks of them starting dating.

 we reported how she was left “visibly distressed” at a charity do when Patric snatched her diamond ring from her hand during a furious row.

A spokesman for Patsy told The Sun on Sunday: “I can confirm they have split, and would appreciate that she is given her privacy regarding the matter. She is currently very busy working.”