EastEnders fans horrified as it’s revealed Linda ATTACKED Mick during drunken New Year’s Eve

EASTENDERS fans were left shocked this evening as it was revealed that Linda Carter ATTACKED husband Mick on New Year’s Eve. The BBC One soap won praise from fans earlier this week with a special episode that focused on the pub landlady’s booze-fuelled night as her alcoholism spiralled. The hazy episode had viewers gripped, with […]

EASTENDERS fans were left shocked this evening as it was revealed that Linda Carter ATTACKED husband Mick on New Year’s Eve.

The BBC One soap won praise from fans earlier this week with a special episode that focused on the pub landlady’s booze-fuelled night as her alcoholism spiralled.

The hazy episode had viewers gripped, with it clear at the time that Linda, played by Kellie Bright, was suffering blackouts as other characters reacted to things that hadn’t been shown onscreen.

However, some of the gaps were filled in earlier this evening, with Mick revealing just how cruel his wife had been to him as he tried to get her home.

Earlier in tonight’s episode, Mick [Danny Dyer] denied to his mum Shirley that Linda is an alcoholic, only to be left devastated when he found a bottle of wine smuggled away in their bedroom.

When he confronted Linda, he desperately tried to help her – but couldn’t hide his emotions as he pulled away his shirt to reveal scratches on his shoulder.

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Linda looked devastated by what she’d done but still refuses to admit she’s an alcoholic[/caption]

He told her: “Shall I tell you what I am going through?

“You see that, that’s what you done to me on New Year because you were so off your nut you didn’t have a clue what you was doing.

“I don’t even know who you are anymore.”

Linda looked sheepish before apologising, to which Mick replied: “I don’t want an apology, I want you to see you’ve got a problem and that you need help.”

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Linda snapped: “You’re talking to me like I’m an alcoholic… Is that what you think I am?!”

She then stormed out of the room as she revealed her plans to go and stay with her mum.

Previously, Mick had revealed what Linda had said to him on the phone on New Year’s Eve that their son Lee said had left him in tears.

The landlord recounted the cruel jibes that were made by his wife, with the most cutting one being her criticising him for not doing enough to get revenge on her rapist Dean.

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Fans at home were horrified by the revelations, taking to Twitter to share their outrage.

One wrote: “Aww man hate seeing Linda and Mick going through a bad patch. #EastEnders.”

And many were angry Linda refused to admit she had an issue. Another said: “You are 100% Alcoholic Linda.”

 

Linda has been battling alcohol addiction ever since her youngest son Ollie was diagnosed with autism earlier this year.

However, she has been struggling even more after accidentally getting involved in Keanu Taylor’s Christmas Day ambush – with she and Martin Fowler working out how to fake his death so that the hunky mechanic could escape the Mitchells’ wrath.