SHOCKING TWIST!!! EastEnders’ Natalie Cassidy reveals emotional scene with Phil was cut from Sonia Fowler’s farewell – fans react!

EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy has addressed a ‘cut scene’ from Sonia Fowler’s exit episodes.

The long-running soap character made her final appearance (for now) last week, heading off to Bali with Bianca, Bex, and baby Julia in tow. There was even a final trumpet moment.

While it was a very fitting ending for such a beloved Walford resident, there was a moment that was filmed that didn’t make the edit, one Cassidy wished was included.

On Wednesday’s episode of the Off the Telly podcast, Cassidy said that: “I felt quite emotional but d’you know what? Maybe I’ve missed it because I wasn’t watching it properly, but I feel like they cut out the scene, which was my favourite scene.

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“It was Sonia and Phil, and me and Phil just having a moment in the Square. I didn’t see it. I might have to go back and have a look. I’d be really cross [if it was cut] because it was a really nice scene.”

She did say that was happy with it overall, due to the speedboat and the trumpet of it all, and was happy fans enjoyed it too.

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“I’ve had loads of DMs and messages and stuff just saying how people have shed a tear, but a happy tear,” she said.

“It was nice and joyful, it wasn’t sort of depressing, and [I] didn’t leave in a black cab, it was just fun.”

EastEnders airs on Mondays-Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer, where most episodes drop early at 6am ahead of their TV broadcast.

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