‘It needs to stop now!’ rage EastEnders fans as they call for BBC bosses to give character a shake-up
ENRAGED EastEnders fans are not happy with Teddy Mitchell – saying his fashion choices are ‘criminal’.
Teddy is the half-brother of Billy Mitchell, played by Perry Fenwick, and cousin of Phil Mitchell, (Steve McFadden).
Yet despite being related to the hardman, he has been seen wearing a preppy pink or purple jumper around his shoulders, which has sparked criticism from viewers.
Some fans are becoming increasingly ‘ticked off’ by the character’s fashion choices.
One raged on X: “If he wears this ONE more f***ing time…”
Another remarked: “I’m going to need the EastEnders costume department to delete Teddy’s jumper draped around his shoulders ASAP.”
A third added: “As much as I didn’t want more thuggish Mitchell’s running around the square, I quite like Teddy (for now), but that jumper scarf thing has got to go #EastEnders.”
In addition to his questionable fashion sense and Teddy’s ‘soft’ exterior, viewers are suggesting Teddy is no ‘cuddly character’.
He recently moved into the Square with his sons Harry and Barney, played by Elijah Holloway and Lewis Bridgeman.
He was introduced to the show after searching for his “missing” father, Stevie, after being contacted by Walford General Hospital as Stevie’s next of kin after an accident.
Later he visited the Queen Vic to ask more questions about the Mitchell family.
Already he is being portrayed as a smooth-talking charmer, but some think beneath all that he may well have “Mitchell qualities.’
Viewers are suggesting that despite his image, generous gestures, and questionable fashion sense, Teddy is still a Mitchell, and viewers are wary of his true intentions in the Square.
In recent weeks Teddy has taken on Reiss Collwell’s (Jonny Freeman) debt to Phil and asked ‘why he is helping him’, Teddy replied he wanted Reiss to ‘help him with his accounts’ – suggesting that he has ‘plans’ for Reiss.
Teddy certainly appears to have a lot of money, as he not only paid off Reiss’s debt, but also purchased No1 Walford Square for him and his family from dangerous killer Gray Atkins.
However upon learning that his estranged wife would be ‘booted out’ with their young son Jordan, he visited the murderous villain in jail and convinced him to leave £30k in trust for his child.
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Yet, viewers suspect that there is more to him than meets the eye.
Some are suggesting his connection to Gray Atkins (Toby-Alexander Smith) might run deeper, and that the killer might be back in our midst soon.
Others have said that buying No1, is no coincidence as the address has seen two deaths inside its walls, cannot be a coincidence, some mused. First Chantelle Atkins (Gray’s wife) portrayed by Jessica Plummer, met an untimely end, closely followed by Tina Carter (Luisa Bradshaw-White).
One viewer said on Twitter: “Maybe this is foreshadowing Gray being back on our screens again soon. Teddy visiting him in prison, you just never know with EastEnders.”
Another on Reddit said: “Phil is bad but he isn’t a psychopath. I think Teddy possibly is a psychopath though. And his fashion sense is criminal!!”
Watch EastEnders Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays on BBC1 from 7.30pm.