EastEnders star sparks exit fears after announcement amid devastating 'split'

It was an emotional night for the Panesar/Gulati family in tonight's EastEnders, as Suki was 'disowned' by her whole family after the truth about Avani's pregnancy was revealed. Now fans fear we could be seeing an exit for the character - especially after the actor's recent Strictly announcement.

Last night, Eve took Avani to get a termination without Suki's knowledge. In previous scenes, we had seen Suki asking Avani to keep the baby for herself and Eve to bring up. Although Avani was up for the plan at first, she later disclosed to Eve that she had changed her mind.

In tonight's episode, the aftermath of the revelation continued, with Ravi and Priya unleashing their fury onto Sukifor her actions. An angry Priya even went as far as to slap Suki across the face, but that wasn't the least of her troubles.

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Later on in the episode, she took Avani to hospital after she was experiencing heavy bleeding, and once again met a furious Ravi and Priya in the hospital corridors.

As she left them alone to make their way back home, Suki was left with even more panic when she found her grandson Nugget and son Vinny packing their things to move out the house. However, they weren't the only ones, as wife Eve also had the same idea.

A tearful Eve then called out Suki for opening her up to the hurt of losing out on motherhood - something she had never been open to in the past.

"I don't know what we've got left anymore," Eve said as she made her way out the door, leaving Suki in tears.

Now, fans fear a split between one of their favourite couples - especially as it was recently announced actor Balvinder Sopal would be appearing on this year's Strictly Come Dancing.

"Oh dear! Is Suki about to have a #strictly sized break after a massive argument with Eve?" said one fan on X, formerly known as Twitter, while another said: "Don't think #SukEve will survive this!"

A third said: "I think the suki and avani storyline is a build up to suki temporary exit for strictly and also maybe the reveal of joel recording avani..."

But is this the end of SukEve as we know it? With nothing left in Walford for Suki - will she be making a sharp exit?

When Balvinder's Strictly announcement was made, many fans were convinced the character would be leaving for an extended period of time.

Many believed she would go off to visit her daughter Ash in Canada to try and make amends after the rest of her family has ultimately disowned her.

However, the actor revealed she'd still be working alongside Strictly rehearsals, as she said: "I'll still be working here so I'll be doing two jobs. I don't know how I'm going to handle it. I don't know what's gonna happen but I'm looking forward to it."

EastEnders airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7:30pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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