O\u2019Callaghan will play Lewis, the new manager of Kathy Beale\u2019s Prince Albert bar, who gets involved in a discussion with Ben Mitchell and his husband Callum Highway.<\/p>\n
While Lewis approves of Callum\u2019s new LGBTQ+ campaign at work, Ben appears unsure, and later tells the campaign that his husband doesn\u2019t want to take part.<\/p>\n
When confronted, he admits that he\u2019s scared for Callum\u2019s safety, fearing he will be attacked again like the couple were in January.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Ben then goes on a night out with Lewis where the latter is heckled with homophobic abuse.<\/p>\n
The next day, when Ben spots one of the men who heckled Lewis, he drags him into an alley and attacks him. He is caught by Sharon in the act, but will she tell Callum?<\/p>\n
The shocking storyline is set to play out next week, although it\u2019s currently not known how long Lewis will stay around on the soap for, or what repercussions this will have for Ben and his marriage.<\/p>
O\u2019Callaghan joins the show ahead of his role in The Witcher: Blood Origin, playing a character called Kareg in the prequel series that also stars Michelle Yeoh and Sir Lenny Henry. He previously played a character called Mike in Emmerdale in 2018.<\/p>\n
The upcoming week<\/a> on EastEnders will also mark the anniversary of Kush\u2019s tragic death, while Jean Slater will propose to Harvey Monroe after he ended their relationship.<\/p>\n Visit our dedicated\u00a0EastEnders<\/a> page for all the latest news, interviews and spoilers, and catch up on episodes on BBC iPlayer<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0The Witcher seasons 1-2 are available to stream now on Netflix<\/a>. If you\u2019re looking for more to watch check out our\u00a0TV guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong>isten to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By James Hibbs Published: Wednesday, 06 April 2022 at 12:00 am Aidan O\u2019Callaghan, who previously appeared in Emmerdale and is already slated to appear in Netflix\u2019s The Witcher prequel Blood Origin, is set to join EastEnders in a dramatic storyline starting on Monday (11th April). O\u2019Callaghan will play Lewis, the new manager of Kathy Beale\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":13427,"template":"","categories":[2,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/eastenders-casts-the-witcher-star-in-ben-mitchell-homophobia-storyline-scaled.jpg",2560,1714,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/eastenders-casts-the-witcher-star-in-ben-mitchell-homophobia-storyline-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/eastenders-casts-the-witcher-star-in-ben-mitchell-homophobia-storyline-300x201.jpg",300,201,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/eastenders-casts-the-witcher-star-in-ben-mitchell-homophobia-storyline-768x514.jpg",768,514,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/eastenders-casts-the-witcher-star-in-ben-mitchell-homophobia-storyline-1024x686.jpg",800,536,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/eastenders-casts-the-witcher-star-in-ben-mitchell-homophobia-storyline-1536x1029.jpg",1536,1029,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/eastenders-casts-the-witcher-star-in-ben-mitchell-homophobia-storyline-2048x1371.jpg",2048,1371,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By James Hibbs Published: Wednesday, 06 April 2022 at 12:00 am Aidan O\u2019Callaghan, who previously appeared in Emmerdale and is already slated to appear in Netflix\u2019s The Witcher prequel Blood Origin, is set to join EastEnders in a dramatic storyline starting on Monday (11th April). O\u2019Callaghan will play Lewis, the new manager of Kathy Beale\u2019s…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/13426"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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