EASTENDERS fans were left amused over a Kat Slater blunder – but did you catch it?
The BBC soap icon – played Jessie Wallace – first arrived in Albert Square back in 2000.
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Viewers found themselves in hysterics during a recent scene featuring Kat.
Troublesome teen son Tommy (Sonny Kendall) cheekily told her: “Chill out, love”.
To which Kat responded by repeating “Love?” – with fans convinced her pronunciation sounded like a northern accent.
One wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “absolutely obsessed with kat going northern #EastEnders.”
Another added: “no bc why did she do this, he didn’t even say it like that LMFAOOO.”
A third shared: “I thought it was a really odd way to repeat the word. He’s not northern, she isn’t. Cute though.”
While a fourth chimed in: “Pat Phoenix’s spirit returning to Jessie Wallace for a split second in 2025 #EastEnders.”
The last comment referred to Jessie, 53, playing Corrie legend Pat Phoenix in 2010’s Road to Coronation Street.
This TV movie depicted a young Tony Warren first devising Corrie in the 1960s.
As for EastEnders, viewers finally got their long-time wish as Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan) returned after 20 years.
EastEnders’ Tommy Moon violently punches mum Kat Slater in harrowing scenes
Viewers will likely remember the iconic “You ain’t my mother” scene from 2001.
The mother-daughter spectacle with Kat and Zoe cemented the pair among the BBC soap’s most iconic characters.
In a chat from the soap set, Michelle opened up to Good Morning Britain’s Entertainment Reporter Richard Arnold about reuniting with her on-screen mum.
She said: “I’ve always loved working with Jessie.
Kat Moon’s EastEnders Timeline
Kat Slater burst onto the Square in 2000 as feisty Kat Slater, played by Jessie Wallace. She is the eldest sister of the Slater family. She soon makes a big name for herself. She is a loud and brash character who is renowned for her leopard print skimpy outfits and loads of red lipstick. She has played the ‘tart with a heart’ character but has also had an epic love story with Alfie. Here is a rundown of her greatest soap storylines.
- Kat arrives in Walford as part of the Slater clan, She soon begins a fling with Steve Owen (Martin Kemp) behind the back of his girlfriend Mel Healey.
- Kat’s sister Zoe (played by Michelle Ryan) was revealed to be her sister after shocked viewers learned she was raped by her uncle Harry Slater as a child and Kat being only 13, was known as her sister.
- Kat and Zoe’s relationship was turbulent. They both vied for the attentions of Anthony Trueman. Kat and Anthony were together but broke up and Zoe then seduced him. Kat later learns she was pregnant but then has to have an abortion. She is comforted by her boss Alfie Moon but then he realises he is in love with her.
- Kat, becomes briefly engaged to Andy Hunter a local crime boss (Michael Briggs) but she jilts him on her wedding day for the true love her life Alfie.
- Kat sparks a romance with Alfie Moon and it is the love story of the square. She finally marries Alfie Moon on Christmas day in the Vic.
- Alfie takes a loan from Andy which he is unable to repay and then threatens to kill him unless Kat sleeps with him. Their relationship becomes cold and distant.
- One of Kat’s biggest storylines was helping her daughter cover up the murder of Dirty Den Watts. She left the soap in 2005 sailing into the sunset with Alfie for a new life in America.
- Kat returned to the soap in 2010 on the run from a man who she and Alfie conned for money. While Alfie was serving time, she had an affair with Michael Moon who happened to be Alfies cousin and she is now pregnant with his child.
- Another Kat storyline focused on the breakdown of her and Alfie’s marriage and her separation from Tommy and their twin sons Bert and Ernie.
- Kat’s union with Phil Mitchell began after months of feuding. She then sleeps with him marries him beginning a war with his ex Sharon Mitchell over the Mitchell empire.
- The latest storyline has focused on her son Tommy who idolised Phil and is trying to get back at Kat for breaking up the marriage. Kat meanwhile is back with the love of her life Alfie who is suffering from cancer.
“We actually went for a cast dinner with the Slater family so that I would feel welcome with the new people that I didn’t know.
“And seeing her, she got so emotional.
“And when she found out I had the job again she was screaming and I was just like, this just feels like coming home.”
