{"id":52588,"date":"2024-06-04T01:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T23:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2050298"},"modified":"2024-06-04T03:04:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T01:04:58","slug":"eastenders-kellie-bright-on-linda-carters-downward-spiral-its-a-never-ending-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/eastenders-kellie-bright-on-linda-carters-downward-spiral-its-a-never-ending-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders\u2019 Kellie Bright on Linda Carter\u2019s downward spiral: \u201cIt\u2019s a never-ending nightmare\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I think she feels that she owes Sharon, and will always owe Sharon something.” <\/p>

By Lewis Knight\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 04 June 2024 at 23:00 PM<\/p>

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It has been a difficult 18 months for EastEnders<\/a> legend Linda Carter to say the least.<\/p>\n

Losing her soulmate Mick Carter (Danny Dyer) on Christmas Day 2022<\/a>, being confronted by the return of the man who raped her year prior<\/a>, and then killing Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters) on Christmas Day 2023<\/a> to save her best friend Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) and then having to cover it up, all while struggling with alcoholism \u2013\u00a0 it\u2019s been a lot!<\/p>\n

Next week, Linda struggles ahead of another Father\u2019s Day without Mick but events get even more troubling for her when Bernie Taylor (Clair Norris) reveals that Keanu\u2019s funeral is happening that week.<\/p>\n

While her son Johnny Carter (Charlie Suff) and best pal Sharon do their best to help her, is Linda finally about to crack?<\/p>\n

Speaking in a new interview shared with RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press, actress Kellie Bright speaks about Linda\u2019s ongoing pain.<\/p>\n

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Linda\u2019s son Johnny (Charlie Suff, left) and mum Elaine Peacock (Harriet Thorpe, centre) try to support her.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Jack Barnes\/Kieron McCarron<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The week gets off to an emotional start for Linda as Father\u2019s Day looms. Can you explain how she\u2019s feeling?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cI think any day that reminds her of Mick is a difficult day. She\u2019s still got a very young son who remembers his dad, and wants to talk about his dad, and wants to make his dad a Father\u2019s Day card and in addition to that, she\u2019s still drinking so her ability to cope with those emotional things is on the floor. She\u2019s not in a strong mental place so she is finding it hard. She\u2019s finding it hard to answer Ollie\u2019s questions and I don\u2019t think she wants to think about it. Everything for her is too painful at the minute so she just wants to shut it away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Out of everything that\u2019s happened over the past year and a half, do you think Mick\u2019s absence is the hardest thing for Linda to process, or is it the most painful?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s the most painful thing for her. I think she has felt his loss more than ever since Christmas because I think she probably goes back in her head and thinks \u2018If Mick had been here, none of this would have happened\u2019 or \u2018If Mick was here, he would know what to do\u201d. I just think she thinks that everything would be better if he was still here, so that\u2019s the most painful thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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EastEnders\u2019 Linda is worse for wear, but can Johnny and Sharon help her?<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Jack Barnes\/Kieron McCarron<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

It\u2019s clear that Linda is hanging on by a thread before Bernie arrives and drops the bombshell that Keanu\u2019s funeral is taking place later that week as she asks to host his wake in The Vic. How does Linda cope with the news?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cElaine agrees before Linda can say anything, and of course for Linda, it is her worst nightmare. So she\u2019s worrying about how she\u2019s going to get through the day. I think there is always something in her mind about Christmas \u2013 it\u2019s a never-ending nightmare. I think she thought that once she had dealt with framing Dean, that was the end of it, but of course, it\u2019s always there. Of course, there was always going to be a funeral, I just don\u2019t think she\u2019d thought that far ahead, and I certainly don\u2019t think that she thought the wake would be in The Vic where she lives and where she killed him. It\u2019s about as in the face as you can get!\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnny finds Linda drinking before she heads to find Sharon to tell her the news, but she doesn\u2019t reach her. Do you think Linda had any intention of ever finding her?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cNo. She just wants to get away from Johnny so she can drink more. Eventually, they both find her in the barrel store in a mess.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sharon tries to support Linda in EastEnders.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Jack Barnes\/Kieron McCarron<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Wanting to help her friend, Sharon convinces Linda to go to an AA meeting. Why do you think Sharon is able to get through to Linda out of everyone trying to support her?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s because Linda has so much guilt around Keanu. I think she feels that she owes Sharon, and will always owe Sharon something. She would do things for Sharon that she wouldn\u2019t do for herself, even.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, do you think Linda has the ability to keep in this secret for much longer?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cShe has to. If Linda falls, all of the other women fall with her. I honestly don\u2019t think that Linda will ever truly find peace for killing Keanu whilst it remains a secret, but I think the guilt of taking the other women down with her would be too much for Linda to bear. She\u2019s also very aware that her children have already lost one parent, and she doesn\u2019t want them to lose another. Linda has to try and remain strong but as you\u2019ll see this week, her drinking threatens to jeopardise it all.\u201d<\/p>\n

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