But he’s not ruling out a connection with Linda Carter. <\/p>
Shane Richie has addressed a possible romantic relationship between Alfie Moon and Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) on EastEnders, but teased that he\u2019s still open to seeing a reunion with Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace).<\/p>\n
The actor spoke to RadioTimes.com<\/a> on the red carpet for the British Soap Awards<\/a>, where EastEnders was in contention for numerous prizes.<\/p>\n Quizzed on the growing connection between Alfie and Linda, Richie revealed it was never planned and grew organically as viewers voiced their approval of the pairing.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s interesting. That whole relationship between Alfie and Linda kind of took us by surprise,\u201d he explained. \u201cThe audience reaction was really positive.<\/p> \u201cThere was never talk with producers [or] writers that there was going to be a relationship, the fans of the show kind of went: \u2018Yeah, there\u2019s something there\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n Richie teased that \u201csomething may happen\u201d this year or next year, but acknowledged that there continues to be speculation on the future of Alfie and Kat, whose marriage fell apart some time ago.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s always talk of Kat and Alfie,\u201d he continued. We\u2019re like the [Richard] Burton and [Elizabeth] Taylor of the soaps, aren\u2019t we? But at the moment, I\u2019m really enjoying Alfie being single.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a bromance with Alfie and Freddie; he\u2019s become like what Spencer [Moon, played by Christopher Parker] was back in the day \u2013 so I\u2019m enjoying playing that at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Richie continued: \u201cThere\u2019s always a space in my heart for Kat, so who knows? It\u2019s funny, every time we do a scene together, we always have to try to be aware that we don\u2019t give each other a sultry look\u2026 in case the audience says: \u2018Oh! They\u2019re back together!’\u201d<\/p>\n Certainly, Alfie and Kat are one of the most popular couples to ever grace a British soap, which is a status that Richie seems passionate about preserving.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cI think what we created over those 21 years\u2026 there was something iconic about it. Young people who were 15 or 16, who watched the show back then, are probably now married with kids \u2013 and their first romance on television was Kat and Alfie.<\/p>\n \u201cI think our exec producer is aware of that. It\u2019s got to be treated with kid gloves.\u201d<\/p>\n EastEnders airs Monday to Thursday nights on BBC One. Check out more of our Soaps<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n Take part in\u00a0the Screen Test<\/a>, a project from Radio Times and the Universities of Sussex and Brighton, to explore the role of television and audio in our lives.<\/b><\/p>\n But he’s not ruling out a connection with Linda Carter. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":33643,"template":"","categories":[1,2,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/eastenders-shane-richie-hopes-for-kat-and-alfie-reunion.jpg",2000,1333,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/eastenders-shane-richie-hopes-for-kat-and-alfie-reunion-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/eastenders-shane-richie-hopes-for-kat-and-alfie-reunion-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/eastenders-shane-richie-hopes-for-kat-and-alfie-reunion-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/eastenders-shane-richie-hopes-for-kat-and-alfie-reunion-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/eastenders-shane-richie-hopes-for-kat-and-alfie-reunion-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/eastenders-shane-richie-hopes-for-kat-and-alfie-reunion.jpg",2000,1333,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"But he's not ruling out a connection with Linda Carter.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/33642"}],"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\/33643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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