Among the individuals and stories recognised from the soap was the storyline surrounding Suki Panesar coming out to her family, which won the Inspiring Storyline of the Year award.<\/p>\n
The award was voted for by the fans, and now Balvinder Sopal, who plays Suki, has sent a message of thanks to viewers for voting.<\/p>\n
In the message, which you can watch above, Sopal says: \u201cThank you to everyone who voted for Suki\u2019s coming out to her family storyline as the most inspiring storyline of the year, for EastEnders.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a huge privilege to represent and tell this story, I\u2019m so pleased that all the fans are behind Suki and Eve, and also how the Panesars have dealt with the whole situation, and that we\u2019re bringing lots of communities together.<\/p>\n
![\"Heather](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/477670-eae0386.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"477670,EastEnders\\"\/")
\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\u201cWe\u2019re telling a story about love, about freedom, about the choice to be you, and it\u2019s very important that you guys enjoy it and are behind it. So thank you very much, I\u2019m very deeply humbled.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ahead of the awards taking place, Sopal spoke with RadioTimes.com<\/a> about the storyline, and was asked whether she was pleased that Suki and Eve\u2019s relationship was now out in the open<\/a>.<\/p>\n She said: \u201cI wondered if it might lose the magic and fizzle out a bit when it wasn\u2019t a secret any more, and stop being as explosive and dangerous. But Suki and Eve are two women who have found a safe space in each other, this is a ride-or-die kind of love and we want to keep the excitement and sassiness and not feel too settled. We don\u2019t want to put the old slippers on yet!\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n When asked whether their relationship can last, Sopal said: \u201cEve and Suki are who they are, they won\u2019t just change because they\u2019re in a relationship with each other.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the things that draws them together is seeing all the good and all the bad, and loving each other for it. Suki is still keeping secrets from Eve over the Nish situation, so it will be interesting to see what happens if that comes out down the line.\u201d<\/p>\n The\u00a0RadioTimes.com<\/span>\u00a0Soap Awards 2024, sponsored by\u00a0Inspired Villages<\/a>, took place on 13th July. Find out more about the\u00a0winners<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0Soaps<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what else is on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n The award went to Suki Panesar’s coming out storyline. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":55096,"template":"","categories":[1,2,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/eastenders-balvinder-sopal-reacts-to-winning-inspiring-storyline-at-radiotimes-com-soap-awards-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/eastenders-balvinder-sopal-reacts-to-winning-inspiring-storyline-at-radiotimes-com-soap-awards-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/eastenders-balvinder-sopal-reacts-to-winning-inspiring-storyline-at-radiotimes-com-soap-awards-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/eastenders-balvinder-sopal-reacts-to-winning-inspiring-storyline-at-radiotimes-com-soap-awards-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/eastenders-balvinder-sopal-reacts-to-winning-inspiring-storyline-at-radiotimes-com-soap-awards-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/eastenders-balvinder-sopal-reacts-to-winning-inspiring-storyline-at-radiotimes-com-soap-awards-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/eastenders-balvinder-sopal-reacts-to-winning-inspiring-storyline-at-radiotimes-com-soap-awards-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":"The award went to Suki Panesar's coming out storyline.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/55095"}],"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\/55096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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