Theo first appeared as the former schoolteacher<\/a> of Freddie Slater (Bobby Brazier)<\/a> back in April. After Freddie confronted Theo for treating him badly in lessons, Theo admitted that he thought Freddie may have ADHD<\/a> (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), which may have caused his concentration issues at the time.<\/p>\n In scenes thoughtfully portrayed by Brazier, Freddie decided to pursue an official diagnosis, so Theo came to Walford again to offer his support, joining Freddie and Jean Slater (Gillian Wright) to see the specialist who eventually confirmed that Freddie did indeed have ADHD.<\/p>\n When Jean worried that Freddie was bottling up his feelings about the condition, Theo spoke to him, and, out of guilt for his past behaviour, vowed to do what he could to help Freddie now. This included motivating the teen about his future when Freddie felt deflated over not going to university.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Theo has seemingly begun to worm his way into the Slaters in other ways. When Freddie informed him that pregnant youngster Lily (Lillia Turner) was complaining because her mum Stacey (Lacey Turner) couldn\u2019t afford to buy her new trainers for her birthday, Theo returned later with the very pair that Lily wanted \u2013 claiming that a friend of his worked in a sports shop and gave him a great deal.<\/p>\n Stacey was not happy, saying that they couldn\u2019t accept the trainers as it wasn\u2019t fair to her other children. But, outside, Theo handed them back to Lily, before suggesting that if he put them in the bin and Lily retrieved them, her mum couldn\u2019t be cross about it.<\/p>\n But when Lily showed off the new trainers to her friend Amy Mitchell (Ellie Dadd), Amy worried about Theo\u2019s intentions as an older man. So Lily asked Theo outright if he was a pervert, and he laughed. He claimed that if he was a random man, his gift to her might be strange \u2013 adding that he wasn\u2019t exactly a stranger as he knew Freddie, Jean and Stacey. He also suggested that Lily\u2019s friends were simply jealous, dismissing her worries entirely.<\/p>\n But when Amy told Stacey that Lily had accepted trainers from an older man, Stacey confronted her about Theo\u2019s gift again. Lily explained that she had thrown the shoes away rather than risk her reaction, then told her mum that she had been rude to Theo.<\/p>\n At The Vic, Stacey apologised to Theo, who offered to buy her a drink. Stacey refused as she\u2019d had a hectic day, so he suggested they have a drink some other time, to which she agreed out of politeness. He then watched on from across the road as Stacey gave Lily a hug. So what is Theo really up to here?<\/p> The only background we have on Theo so far is that he used to teach Freddie and now, apparently, he wants to make up for his poor handling of the young man\u2019s situation. So is Theo merely sticking around to help Freddie and the entire Slater clan? It\u2019s now looking very unlikely that there\u2019s an innocent or simple explanation for Theo after the way he was looking at Stacey and Lily. So what exactly is going on?<\/p>\n Well, could Amy\u2019s concerns that Theo is a predator be accurate? We don\u2019t yet know, but his words to Lily when she questioned him weren\u2019t as reassuring to us as they seemed to be for her. Yet, with EastEnders already busy with a pre-teen pregnancy storyline for Lily<\/a>, which has seen star Lillia Turner pick up a well-deserved award for Best Young Performer at the British Soap Awards<\/a>, would the show go down the dark path of a grooming story at this point?<\/p>\n One alternative theory is that Theo is actually focused on Stacey. Remember her OnlyFans style \u2018Secret Cam\u2019 account? Stace had a mystery client who was willing to pay extra when she showed her face during her risqu\u00e9 content, and he got in touch again pretty quickly after that first transaction. Could Theo actually be this person, having developed an unhealthy interest in Stacey \u2013 hence his enthusiasm to have a drink with her? If so, she may end up with a stalker on her hands.<\/p>\n Another option is that Theo has some other secret connection to the family, for example, as a relative they wouldn\u2019t recognise for some reason. We\u2019ll have to keep watching to find out what kind of character Theo really is, but it\u2019s not looking good at this point\u2026<\/p>\n Read More<\/strong><\/p>\n EastEnders airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7:30pm on BBC One and from 6am on BBC iPlayer. <\/strong>Visit our dedicated\u00a0EastEnders<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0page\u00a0<\/strong>for all the latest news, interviews and spoilers.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our\u00a0<\/strong>TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>.<\/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.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<\/strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n His behaviour is very concerning. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":33854,"template":"","categories":[1,2,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/what-is-eastenders-theo-hawthorne-really-up-to-with-the-slaters-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/what-is-eastenders-theo-hawthorne-really-up-to-with-the-slaters-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/what-is-eastenders-theo-hawthorne-really-up-to-with-the-slaters-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/what-is-eastenders-theo-hawthorne-really-up-to-with-the-slaters-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/what-is-eastenders-theo-hawthorne-really-up-to-with-the-slaters-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/what-is-eastenders-theo-hawthorne-really-up-to-with-the-slaters-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/what-is-eastenders-theo-hawthorne-really-up-to-with-the-slaters-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,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":"His behaviour is very concerning.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/33851"}],"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\/33854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\""Bobby\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/433121-a9e9f1c.jpg?quality=90&resize=619%2C413"\" "\\"\"433121,EastEnders\"\\"\/")
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