{"id":37275,"date":"2023-09-27T17:53:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T15:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1897722"},"modified":"2023-09-28T07:52:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T05:52:29","slug":"eastenders-fans-are-convinced-gina-knights-ex-is-past-character","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/eastenders-fans-are-convinced-gina-knights-ex-is-past-character\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders fans are convinced Gina Knight\u2019s ex is past character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Could it be true? <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Laura Denby\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 27 September 2023 at 15:53 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>There are always theories doing the rounds among soap fans, and this year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EastEnders<\/a> has had us playing detective with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/who-dies-eastenders-christmas-2023-flashforward-bloody-death-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">its Christmas flash-forward<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve already speculated that Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/dean-wicks-eastenders-christmas-dead-clues-theories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">might be the mystery dead body<\/a> on the big day, but now some viewers believe they\u2019ve found the reason for a potential return to Walford for the villainous character.<\/p>\n<p>Could Dean actually be Gina\u2019s cheating ex, discussed on-screen this week?<\/p>\n<p>Well, let\u2019s unpack this theory right now. Gina (Francesca Henry) has just returned from a trip to former home Marbella with sister Anna (Molly Rainford) and their father George (Colin Salmon).<\/p>\n<p>There, Gina met up with a man she assumed she would be reuniting with \u2013 only to learn that he was now with a girl who worked at George\u2019s bar. And we never learned his name\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Imagine if Gina&#8217;s ex is Dean Wicks \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udc40. That could be what triggers his return to Walford bringing him into the 6 story. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EastEnders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EastEnders<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p1x6zQdcZX\">pic.twitter.com\/p1x6zQdcZX<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Ryan Glendenning (@RyanTheSoapking) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanTheSoapking\/status\/1706744274820239630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>One fan wondered if a possible connection between Dean and Gina could bring him into \u2018The Six\u2019s\u2019 orbit \u2013 that\u2019s Linda Carter (Kellie Bright), Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner), Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal), Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean), Denise Fox (Diane Parish) and Kathy Cotton (Gillian Taylforth).<\/p>\n<p>Linda, you\u2019ll remember, was raped by brother-in-law Dean, but he got away with his crime, fleeing Walford in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Yet during the episode that aired the flash-forward, a present-day scene showed a horrified Linda finding a social media picture of Dean with the mum who had disowned him, Shirley Carter (Linda Henry).<\/p>\n<p>We haven\u2019t seen Shirl since late last year, and it\u2019s always been promised that she will be back. As for Dean, however, the only thing driving us to suspect his return is that he might be back just to be killed off \u2013 facing justice in another form.<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But back to this latest theory. Could it be possible that Dean was dating, or at least flirting with, Gina in Spain? He was in England back in February \u2013 when Gina had not yet moved to Walford. Yet Dean could merely have been visiting his relatives before flying back to Marbella.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gina has an ex boyfriend in spain? Interesting how it keeps being brought up. With everyone theorising he could be dean.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EastEnders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EastEnders<\/a><\/p>\u2014 alessia (killer kathy truther) (@wattspanesar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wattspanesar\/status\/1706378533088428526?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>However, there\u2019s another issue: Gina\u2019s stepmum-to-be, Elaine Peacock (Harriet Thorpe), is also Linda\u2019s mother. She met Dean, and it\u2019s likely that she would have met Gina\u2019s boyfriend when living with the Knights in Marbella.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, as another fan points out, Dean would never have got close enough to Gina for anything to happen between them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good theory but Elaine knows Dean so she\u2019d have definitely warned Gina\/told George about him assaulting Linda..Dean would never get close enough to have a relationship with Gina. My money is on Fatboy being the ex \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ydWK2grC7v\">https:\/\/t.co\/ydWK2grC7v<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Sadie. (@angelicronance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/angelicronance\/status\/1706986656752935397?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>Or would he? Given that Elaine didn\u2019t join George and the girls on their latest trip, and we don\u2019t even know whether Elaine met the man Gina had eyes for, there\u2019s still a chance that Dean went incognito and dodged Elaine\u2019s radar.<\/p>\n<p>The same fan suggested that perhaps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-ricky-norwood-fatboy-return-newsupdate-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arthur \u201cFatboy\u201d Chubb<\/a> could have been Gina\u2019s man \u2013 with many convinced that Fats is still alive and well.<\/p>\n<p>Now, this could be interesting, given that Fatboy appeared in a flashback with Gina\u2019s mum Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins). It would be another way of connecting Fatboy to this storyline, while also bringing another beloved character <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-fatboy-resurrect-flashback-cameo-comment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">back from the dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But would Fats be so disrespectful to women? We think not. Whereas Dean is a known evil, and was always a womaniser, even before we knew what he was truly capable of.<\/p>\n<p>And, as mentioned above, Dean being Gina\u2019s mystery man would be a strong way to pull him back into the show \u2013 even if it seems like far too big of a coincidence!<\/p>\n<p><em>Anyone affected by the subjects mentioned above can find support by visiting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rapecrisis.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rape Crisis<\/a>, or calling our 24\/7 Rape &amp; Sexual Abuse Support Line on 0808 500 2222. You can visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Refuge<\/a>\u00a0for more information and contact 0808 2000 247 for support. Help can also be found at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thehideout.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hideout<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/dean-wicks-eastenders-christmas-dead-clues-theories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Is Dean Wicks the dead body in EastEnders at Christmas? 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