{"id":39020,"date":"2023-11-02T13:30:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T12:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1918488"},"modified":"2023-11-02T15:53:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:53:53","slug":"what-happened-between-dean-wicks-and-chelsea-fox-in-eastenders","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/what-happened-between-dean-wicks-and-chelsea-fox-in-eastenders\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened between Dean Wicks and Chelsea Fox in EastEnders?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spoiler warning for the episode on Thursday 2nd November 2023. <\/p>

By Laura Denby\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 02 November 2023 at 12:30 PM<\/p>

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Spoiler warning for EastEnders\u2019 episode released at 6am on BBC iPlayer on Thursday 2nd November 2023 and to be broadcast at 7.30pm on BBC One.<\/strong><\/p>\n

EastEnders<\/a> has revisited the past bond between Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo) and Chelsea Fox (Zaraah Abrahams), as Dean sought her out in a bid to gain an ally.<\/p>\n

Dean returned after several years away, and was not welcomed home<\/a>, still denying that he had raped Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) and tried to rape Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons). When Chelsea was accosted by Dean, she repeatedly called him by his old nickname \u2018Deano\u2019, and tried to walk away from him.<\/p>\n

But Dean continued to follow Chelsea as she made her way home, telling her what he knew about her life and protesting his innocence over his crimes. Dean went on to explain that his 15-year-old daughter Jade Green<\/a> is very ill and added that he still saw Chelsea as a sister.<\/p>\n

He persuaded her to join him for a coffee, and Chelsea did so. Dean insisted that he didn\u2019t want to come back to Walford, as he had new friends who didn\u2019t know what he had been accused of. Chelsea maintained that she didn\u2019t believe his version of events, while Dean continued his story that he merely wanted to be around for Jade, who may not live for long even if she gets a transplant.<\/p>\n

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Zaraah Abrahams as Chelsea Fox pointing her finger and speaking angrily to Matt Di Angelo as Dean Wicks in Kathy\u2019s Cafe in EastEnders.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Dean wanted Chelsea to talk to Linda for him, and Chelsea\u2019s response was powerful: \u201cI have had enough with men that lie to me; who think that they can just pile on enough sweet talk. I am done with it, Deano. I\u2019m done.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Linda tried to warn Chelsea about Dean, Chelsea kindly explained that she wasn\u2019t on his side, adding that Dean thought they were family just because his stepdad was briefly married to her mother. Chelsea assured Linda that she had her back, and Dean watched on, knowing he had no chance of earning any support.<\/p>\n

But what exactly happened between Dean and Chelsea all those years ago? Read on to find out\u2026<\/p>

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What happened between Dean and Chelsea in EastEnders?<\/h2>\n

Back in 2006, Dean was, as mentioned above, known as \u2018Deano\u2019 and living with his great-aunt Pat Evans (Pam St Clement) alongside stepfather Kevin Wicks (Phil Daniels) and sister Carly (Kellie Shirley).<\/p>\n

Kevin married Chelsea\u2019s mum Denise Fox (Diane Parish), and one day a troubled Deano drove recklessly and crashed a car at high speed, leaving himself and passenger Chelsea, then played by actress Tiana Benjamin, injured.<\/p>\n