She tells him it's that or nothing. Present; regular Aliases However, Mick is determined to find the money to keep the pub and signs up to participate in a robbery with Aidan Maguire (Patrick Bergin) and his gang on New Year's Day 2018. Linda Henry has been a firm favourite on EastEnders ever since she first appeared on our screens back in 2006. Linda eavesdrops while Mick, Tina, Shirley, Babe and Stan argue, only to hear Mick deny that Dean is part of the family. Jack Branning finds this out as Linda gives birth but sees how happy Linda and Mick are with the baby and promises not to tell Max or anyone. Mick leaves messages on her voicemail to ask her to come home and Elaine returns her to the pub. Linda is distraught when Mick is shot by Callum "Halfway" Highway (Tony Clay), an army friend of Lee's during the robbery. In December 2013, Linda's sister in law, Tina Carter brings her sister Shirley Carter to a pub in Watford, which turns out to be Linda and Mick's. In the bathroom, Linda takes the pregnancy test whilst Mick loiters outside and when Linda emerges, she breaks to him that it was a false alarm and Mick finds it difficult to hide his disappointment. However, Aidan becomes suspicious of this and attempts to blackmail Mick into letting him use the pub for drug dealing. She notices Jay Brown and Dennis Rickman Jr and she asks if Sharon is at home, but Jay says because of the shooting, they are staying with Ronnie and Roxy Mitchell and Linda says she will wait for Sharon there. Dominic Treadwell-Collins (2013) When Lee comes in, Dean says that Linda has been lying to him and the others and Linda thinks he will reveal the attack, making it out to be an affair and pleads with him not to, but he reveals that Linda and Mick are not married. Later, Mick tells Linda that it's a shock Johnny is gay, but Linda says she knew and she feels it's her fault as Johnny nearly died when he was a baby and she'd never let anything hurt him, but she's protected him his whole life and she feels men will just hurt him as he is sensitive and too accepting. She first appeared on 19 December 2013 and her casting was announced alongside her on-screen partner, Mick Carter (Danny Dyer). When Mick pours in Lavender bubble bath, the scent makes her physically throw up and as Mick helps her, he tells Linda that he's sussed out the problem, which is that she is pregnant. As Mick and Janine's relationship leads them both to being engaged, Linda learns that they are both having a baby and she accepts that her and Mick's time together is over and finds it difficult to move on. The 58-year-old, who plays iconic character Sally Metcalfe, admitted she couldn't commit to staying on the soap forever and would leave when the time was right. At Sharon and Phil's wedding reception, Shirley reveals to everyone that she and Phil slept together the previous Friday. Following the attack, Linda fell pregnant. Linda palms Mick off with another lie, which is that she's been feeling upset about hitting Dexter, but Mick isn't convinced and he tells Linda that he is going to book her an appointment at the doctor's. She becomes very withdrawn, telling nobody and refusing to be intimate with Mick. However, she agrees to marry Mick with his support. . Mick asks Linda to renew their wedding vows and she accepts, though has doubts after seeing Mick comforting Whitney. Max tries to convince Linda to move to New Zealand with him and, after another rejection from Mick, she decides to go. A seething Linda orders Shirley to collect her things and to be gone before she gets back. Linda tells Max she can't leave with him because she knows something is wrong with Mick. On a night out, she becomes tired of Mick constantly watching what she drinks and takes a drink which is seen by Max. As this is happening, Mick walks into The Queen Vic and tells Max to stay away from Linda. Jack tells this to Max, who now believes Linda only dumped him out of pity to Mick. [17] Bright chose to continue playing Linda Carter on EastEnders while competing on Strictly Come Dancing, working all day at EastEnders and rehearsing for Strictly in the evening. Later that day, after Lauren and Abi Branning fell from the roof of the Queen Victoria, Karen, Sharon, Linda, Shirley and "[6] Inside Soap said that Mick and Linda have a passionate relationship and adore each other. Elaine is shocked and upset what Dean has done and Sharon tells Linda she must go to the police to get Dean arrested. Mick talks to Linda about the other week when they thought she was pregnant and it keeps nagging away at him and he reveals to Linda that they should have a baby. Nancy comes in and accuses Linda of being a racist as she got the impression that she hated both Wayne and Dexter. When Stacey depicts how she felt after her rape, Linda accepts that he did. Download 'Remember ' on iTunes. Johnny susses out that's the reason why Linda has been eating apples and Lee says he's glad he isn't the only one who's a mistake, but Linda says they prefer the term surprise and Nancy can't believe she will have a brother or sister 21 years younger than her. In March 2021, Bright announced her third pregnancy and departed six months later on 21 September 2021. Linda says she told him no before trying to push him off and she told him to stop, but he didn't listen and he grabbed her and pushed her face down onto the table and all she could see were a vase of Lavender flowers and she use to love the smell. This results in Linda leaving Walford to meet up with her children to tell them what happened to Mick. Although uneasy, Mick tells Linda he will raise the baby as his own. In 2013, Linda and Mick finally secured enough funds to buy their own pub and packed their bags, bought the Queen Vic and moved to Walford. Shirley urges Linda to realize that she still loves Mick and that she should try to save her marriage. Mick then asks Linda if she will marry him, but she tearfully admits she can't as it's Dean and she confesses that he raped her. On Boxing Day 2013, Linda along with Mick, Johnny and Lady Di arrive in Walford after they bought The Queen Victoria. Linda first appears when her partner Mick Carter's (Danny Dyer) sisters, Shirley Carter (Linda Henry) and Tina Carter (Luisa Bradshaw-White), visit her mother Elaine Peacock's (Maria Friedman) pub in Watford, where Linda and her family are living. Bright said about the storyline that she "hoped that Linda's journey would change viewers' perception of rape", Di Angelo claimed that although the storyline will be "challenging", it was massively "important". After Linda's father (John Peacock) died, she became bulimic but did not tell Mick or her mother, although they knew and didn't tell her in fear of making it worse. Mick stops Shirley from phoning Dean and in the kitchen, he reveals to Shirley that Dean raped Linda and Shirley goes to find Dean to ask him what happened. He presents her with an engraved bracelet, and asks her if they can renew their wedding vows. Kellie Bright is better known for playing soap character Linda Carter on EastEnders since 2013, but away from Walford the talented actress enjoys an idyllic home life. Linda pleads with Dean to admit he raped her but just as she seems to be making leeway, Mick interrupts. She warns him that it is inappropriate but does not tell Mick out of fear of angering him. What Links Here PC Jenkins then tells Linda the next stage is to take a statement, which can either be handwritten or a video statement that could be used further down the line if the case goes to court so she wouldn't have to stand in a witness box and Linda opts to do a video statement. Cora persuades Linda to go along to the court and show Mick her support and at the court, Cora discovers the prostitute was her daughter, Rainie Cross. When Mick heads upstairs to the bedroom, where he finds Linda gone and her engagement ring on the dressing table. Aidan calls off the drug deals, giving the Carters back control of The Queen Vic. Linda Carter joined EastEnders in 2013. Linda refuses to accept that he is gay and encourages him to date Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty), who shows an interest in him. To get some space from Mick and the situation, Linda goes to her mum's in Watford, who has hurt her ankle. One evening, Dean kisses Linda but she slaps him. When Mick struggles to cope with the pub's mounting debts, Jane Beale (Laurie Brett) calls Linda, worried about Mick. Linda confronts a delusional Dean when he insists on meeting the baby, believing that Ollie is his son. The Carters are traumatised by a violent robbery on The Queen Vic, during which Linda's favourite necklace is stolen. In the kitchen, Mick begins to explain how he asked her if she was pregnant and she lied to him and that kills him more than anything. After Elaine returns for Linda's five-month scan the day after, Linda confesses to her her fears that the baby may not be Mick's. Mick, Linda and Ollie later leave to live in Elaines pub as they fear Max will return, however a few weeks later, Mick and Ollie return to Walford alone without Linda. In 2011, Bright did voicework for Nintendo and Monolith Soft's Xenoblade Chronicles as the medic Sharla. Linda is horrified as she realises that Mick was sexually abused. Landlady/Barmaid Laundrette worker Waitress Businesswoman When Dean attempts to rape his fiance Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons), Linda encourages her to report this to the police. "Don't forget my husband is much younger than me. 1st July 1977 After Willmott-Brown collapses from a heart attack, Fi gives the Carters a chance to buy back the freehold for The Queen Vic for 150,000. Dean congratulates Linda and Linda asks him who told him, but Dean says the matter is whether it's his or not, but Linda says it isn't. When Sharon suggests that Dean's advances towards Linda were encouraged, both drunk, they have a bitter row in the pub. Linda realises it is Whitney and throws her out, while Mick begs her not to give up on their marriage. Later, Linda and Nancy have a heart to heart and Linda notices Nancy's bulldog necklace, which was a birthday gift from Dean and Linda warns Dean to stay away from her family, but Dean tells her Nancy invited him to musical bingo and if she's feeling guilty about the other night, then she needs to get over it. Mick proved to be the most popular, with nearly 50% of the vote. Betty (II)|Blue|Boots|Bronson|Chips|Chops|Corky|Craig|Crush|Crystal|Dalgliesh|Dave|Eric| Tina encourages Johnny to embrace his sexuality, inviting him to gay pride in London. She later goes down to the boat's kitchen and sees a bottle of wine on a shelf, but as she climbs to reach for it the boat crash happens and she falls. Later, Linda is sat in the room with the TV on mute and Nancy brings her mum sausage rolls and tomato soup, which was Nancy's special sick meal, with the film Dirty Dancing to watch together. Bright returned to filming full-time on 22 April 2017, and after making a guest appearance on 30 June 2017, her full-time return aired on 7 August. L (By Mick Carter Mrs C (by Callum Highway) In a poll held by Digital Spy a month after the introduction of the Carters, Linda was the least popular, with 5.65% of the vote. But how old is Linda Carter? Mick and Linda became the landlord and landlady of their pub. Linda pretends that it was the way Lee went off at Dexter at Nancy's party and it got her thinking whether Dexter is right for Nancy. Linda is hurt by this and then she decides to stay with Max and they have sex. Later, when Mick comes knocking, Linda hides in the living room. Shirley later informs Linda of Shelley's actions however Linda refuses to confront Shelley or stop their 'friendship' as she wants to impress Shelley and Mieko much to the disgust of Shirley. Linda quickly flees the chip shop soon after and Stacey goes after her, asking what she meant and she can't just leave it. Mick is stunned by the revelation and assumes Linda is joking about it, but he realises she is serious and he apologises to Linda, telling her no. Linda rejected them. Mick tells Linda he is innocent and she worries whether she did the right thing, though Mick reassures her. Linda's friendship with Sharon comes under strain when Sharon reveals plans to open a new bar in Walford, named "The Albert". On Linda's birthday, Mick, dressed in Linda's dressing gown, brings Linda breakfast in bed and suggestively says she should open her birthday present and they start to kiss. In the living room, Linda notices the photo albums open and Mick tells her he couldn't resist looking at photos to remind him of how cute their children were when they were younger. Alive Linda also learns that Lee battered Ben Mitchell from Nancy and Nancy tells Linda that Lee had a weird look in his eyes and that she'd never seen him like that before. Linda then attempts to seduce Stuart to record a confession from him, but he finds the recording device. "[32] Bright won the awards for "Best Actress" and "Best Dramatic Performance" at The British Soap Awards 2015. Linda Bernadette Carter (ne Peacock) is the daughter of John and Elaine Peacock, ex-wife of Mick Carter and mother of Lee, Nancy, Johnny, Ollie and Annie Carter. It's not just us who have a soft spot for Shirley Carter. In the pharmacy, Linda awkwardly picks up a pregnancy testing kit with other items and when she leaves, fear grips her as she notices Dean. Meanwhile, Johnny falls off his moped and injures his arm and Linda helps him clean it up. Credits Linda then signs the DVD and hands over her mobile before returning to Mick. EastEnders landlady Linda Carter ( Kellie Bright) recently took some time away from Walford to grieve the loss of her long-time love Mick Carter ( Danny Dyer ), who is presumed dead after tragically drowning at sea over Christmas. When Mick asks what changed, Linda says that it's knowing that he wants the baby too and she's starting to see things differently. Linda then goes to Shirley and sympathises with her, saying it must have been hard, however, Shirley blames Linda for what happened and believes none of it would have happened if Linda had been straight with Mick. Menu. Later, Linda receives a phone call to tell them the meat was lamb and not dog. Picture: BBC As for actress Kellie. [4], Linda first appeared in an episode that aired on BBC One on 19 December 2013, visited partner Mick's sisters Shirley and Tina when they needed money. Their final dance, a Charleston to "Cantina Band" from Star Wars, scored 39, but the public voted Jay McGuiness and Aliona Vilani as the competition winners. Mick gets hold of Dean and he pushes him into the table, causing it to collapse and he starts punching Dean whilst Linda pleads for Mick to stop. She attempts to befriend two women who are mothers of children that go to Ollie's school, Shelley and Mieko Yoshi. After he attempts to rape her, Linda gets him to confess that Mick did not shoot him, but he is unaware that she has a second recording device in her hair. After, Linda apologises to Sharon for how she was as Shirley turned up and they have major history and she tells Sharon that she wouldn't believe the stuff Shirley's done in the past before advising her to stay well clear. Linda Carter 1,058 episodes, 2013-2023 Lindsey Coulson . We met when I was 31 and I didn't want to jump straight into having kids. Stacey notices an upset Linda and asks what's happened, Linda says nothings and thanks Stacey for listening and she's going to tell Mick and Dean notices Linda and Stacey talking. Sally explained: "As soon as I don't enjoy my role any more, I'll leave. Their score including two maximum scores of 40 for their tango to "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks and their showdance to "The Ding-Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line" by Cherry Poppin' Daddies. [14] However, in July 2014, it was revealed in storylines that Mick and Linda are not married, yet all their families believes they are, a fact that left Carena Crawford from All About Soap wondering why they never got married and why they kept this a secret, but she hoped for a big wedding.[15]. Halfway's brother and Mick's longtime friend, Stuart Highway (Ricky Champ), arrives. [26] Linda's on screen departure aired on 25 December 2016. Linda also says that she is 16 weeks pregnant and she and Mick are unsure of who the father is and PC Jenkins asks when she next saw Dean and Linda says Dean sent her a text the following day, saying that no one needs to know. Elaine tells Linda she's worked out what the problem is, which is Dean, and she believes Linda is sleeping with him. Post coital, Linda agrees with Mick when he says he missed it, but inside, she's numb. [31] Kate White from Inside Soap was pleased to see Linda's backstory explored, saying "Now we know a bit about Linda's past and what made her a control freak, she's finally a sympathetic character. Mick runs Linda a bath, telling her he was proud of her and Mick then tells Linda that he has booked her a doctor's appointment and whatever the problem is, they will deal with it together. The Carters decide to flee Walford to escape Aidan, who shows up and beats Mick up for not giving into his demands. Queen Vic - Lockdown Pub Quiz (2020) PC Jenkins tells Mick that because he is a material witness, he will have to give a separate statement and Mick says he'll do it later as he needs to be by Linda's side. Dean develops feelings for Linda, which she is at first unaware of, but discovers when he gropes her buttocks at a photoshoot for his new salon. Dev Griffin On filming this particular storyline, Bright stated that "It is a challenging storyline, but it is an important storyline and I feel honoured to have been given it". Linda then begins to explain about Sharon's wedding and she was pleased when Dean started dating Lauren, hoping he'd moved on and later that day, Dean was in a state after Shirley had disappeared and Mick had asked her to calm him down and no to for him to do anything stupid. Linda's storylines include struggling with the revelation that her son Johnny (Sam Strike/Ted Reilly) is gay, being raped by Mick's brother Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo), giving birth to a premature baby after falling down the stairs, suffering from bulimia nervosa, discovering that Mick kissed their daughter-in-law Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty), revealing that she has secretly battled cervical cancer, surviving an ambulance crash, perverting the course of justice when Stuart Highway (Ricky Champ) is shot leading to her being falsely accused of attempted murder, coping with son Ollie's (Harry Farr) diagnosis of autism, battling with alcoholism, splitting up with Mick for a short time and an extramarital affair with Max Branning (Jake Wood) which leads to another pregnancy and ultimately divorcing Mick after being lured back into alcoholism by Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks), who wants him for herself - this ultimately leads to a feud between the pair and eventually a car crash which leaves Linda seriously injured, and Mick presumed dead after being lost at sea. In May 2016, Bright announced that she was pregnant with her second child and would be taking maternity leave. Mother-in-law Linda loses custody of Annie as a result of Jada Lennox (Kelsey Calladine-Smith) setting her up after being forced by Janine but eventually, Linda gets Annie back. The storyline began in November 2019 playing a central part of the year's Christmas and New Year episodes. Her roles include Linda Carter in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, for which she won the 2015 British Soap Award for Best Actress and Best Dramatic Performance, Julie in Ali G Indahouse, Joanna Burrows in The Upper Hand (1990-1996), Cassie Tyler in Bad Girls (2002) and Joan Trotter in Rock & Chips (2010-2011). In the kitchen when Mick touches Linda, she flinches away from Mick and this prompts Mick to confront Linda on how she hasn't been herself, but Linda sticks with the excuse that she just has a migraine. Aidan is fuming. [18] As a result, Johnny left home, but Linda tracked him down with the help of her father-in-law Stan (Timothy West), and they reunited, with Linda showing her acceptance by dropping him off at gay pride in London. Linda is later involved in a car crash with Janine and Annie after she and Janine argue over Mick. Dean says he gets that Linda feels bad, but she needs to stop playing the victim as they both did it and Linda tells him that he knows what he did. Realising it will be in direct competition to The Queen Vic, she plots to get inside knowledge about the bar, convincing Johnny to take a job there. Roxy Mitchell . Following a conversation with Fi, Linda offers Whitney her job back but she also defies Fi by rehiring Tracey (Jane Slaughter). Elaine and Mick try to convince Linda to get dressed and go down to the bar and Elaine makes a remark on how Linda was popular with the lads, but Linda takes it seriously and snaps, saying she doesn't lead men on and after persuasion, Linda decides to go down. Linda considers leaving Walford with Ollie, however, she talks to Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) and reveals that Elaine's stroke was not severe and she recovered relatively quickly, but that Linda stayed away from Walford because she had been diagnosed with cervical cancer while caring for Elaine. Linda later is busy making a variety of sandwiches and Mick tells Nancy that if they'll have a quiet family tea that night and then the following day, she can be landlady of The Vic and Nancy asks if she can do musical bingo. Mick tells Linda that nothing will make him stop wanting her as she is his girl and he'll always want her. Tina reveals that he abused her and another person Dylan Box when they were teenagers, and she attacks him. [11] Along with Dyer, Bright was nominated for "Best On-screen Partnership" at The British Soap Awards 2014 for the relationship between Mick and Linda. [13] She has been nominated for Best Actress and Best Dramatic Performance at The British Soap Awards 2015; Bright won both. Stan's girlfriend, Cora Cross (Ann Mitchell) overhears the conversation and accompanies Linda to Mick's hearing, and Linda is devastated when he pleads guilty to protect Ian, who is going through a tough time following the death of his daughter, Lucy Beale (Hetti Bywater). Linda then sends Woody Woodward (Lee Ryan) to work in The Queen Vic as a bar manager. Linda tells him that they will get through this as the alternative is not an option. Linda returns inside to continue her statement and she talks to PC Jenkins about the rape itself. Bright estimated herself to be aged 10 at the time. The 45 year old actress, who has . Mick realises the real reason for Linda wanting to have another baby as she thinks that once the kids leave home, Mick would stop loving her or have an affair and Mick says it's ridiculous as he will always love her. Address Heres what we know. Linda Carter was born on 1st July 1977, making her 43-years-old. The next day, Linda is arrested for Stuart's attempted murder. Lindas grandfather, Pat Peacock, was a pro Boxer named Prancing Pat Peacock. Father-in-law Stacey tells Linda that she never dealt with it in the right way and she should have told her family and her husband, Bradley Branning. When Linda and Nancy return from holiday, Linda learns that Lee has been suffering from depression, and she encourages him to take his medication. Relationships/Known relatives Ollie is taken to hospital where a doctor tells the Carters that he could have brain damage after a head injury. Alfie helps the Carter's get hold of more stock in time for their opening after Mick and Shirley persuaded him and Kat. This kicks off a back and forth series of arguments between the pair, which dies down in November 2017. PC Jenkins asks if Linda still has the message and her phone will be needed to be used as evidence and Linda feels as if it will be her word against Dean's and PC Jenkins explain that in a case with no witnesses, it comes down to the issue of consent. Linda and Mick are both delighted with Johnny when he has averaged a first in his grades and Mick gives him money to treat himself but they aren't happy when Johnny shows them a moped he bought. Mick discovers that he, Linda and Ollie share the same blood type, but Dean does not, meaning Dean cannot be the father. He then heads home to tell Linda everything but he can't find her and assumes she has left with Max. Looking at their family photo in the kitchen, Linda thinks it would be wonderful to have another child and Mick realises he won't get any peace until he agrees and they share a passionate kiss. Shirley visits with a birthday present for Mick and she asks Linda if she can give it to Mick, but then Shirley decides to stay around and in the kitchen, Shirley says she will come around everyday until Mick listens and she will not have Linda's lies coming between her and Mick. Tina persuades Shirley to stay for a drink and Shirley asks Linda how the kids are and Linda says they are great before asking Shirley how hers are. Mick volunteers to swim to help Janet Mitchell's school raise money for a bus, but Mick cannot swim and Linda asks what he is going to do when they find out. Nancy points out that it's identical to her mum's current ring, but Mick says the sapphire in the ring is real and during dinner, Linda gets a call from her mum and Linda is unable to hold back her tears. Repeated intentional offences of this rule could lead to a ban, Many thanks the EastEnders Wiki admin team. Mick tells Linda he has apologised and doesn't know how to make things right and Mick says that sooner or later, she will have to make a decision unless she plans to marry someone else and the sight of seeing her in a wedding dress kills him as he didn't think the first time he would see her in one is when they split up. Mick visits Linda and informs her that Babe has caused the pub to be fined 20,000 because of her selling alcohol illegally outside of licensing hours. She initially pulls away but then kisses him back. Elaine asks if things between her and Mick are alright as she was concerned when Linda last stayed with her and tells her that every marriage has problems. Pets Linda initially blames Whitney and an argument ensues, causing Whitney to leave. While Mick portrayed the accepting father (a portrayal that was widely praised by critics[16]), Linda protested against her son being gay, and encouraged him to enter a relationship with his friend, Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty), who was obviously keen. Linda supports Mick when he participates in a swimming gala for Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick), despite being fearful of water. They intend to ask Mick for a loan but Linda rejects them as Mick is not around. Linda says that they haven't got the money and their children are running wild plus she wants to be there for them. [20] Dean also stumbled upon the family secret that Mick and Linda were not married, and later drunkenly kissed Linda when she was struggling with issues surrounding Mick falsely pleading guilty to soliciting prostitutes. After saving Janine, Mick rushes back into the sea to save Linda, unaware that she managed to escape the car. [19] She gave birth to her second son on 21 November 2016. Elaine and Sharon enter and see that Linda and Mick have reconciled and Elaine wonders what everything has been about. Mick and Linda hug and it is implied that they are now back together. Shirley informs them that Kat and Alfie Moon had a deal on, which was a 1 a drink and Mick and Linda wonder if Shirley can get stuff from the soup kitchen on tick, but Shirley packed in the job. Ian however reveals the truth to Denise, who accuses Linda of attention seeking. Bright was praised for her performance during this storyline. Kellie is currently pregnant and recently hit out at trolls who criticised her for having a baby in her 40s. Linda reveals to Mick that she wants another baby. Linda, in denial about the severity of Ollie's condition, argues with Mick, especially when he blames Nancy for the incident, however, she soon realises that Mick is right about Ollie having changed when he does not respond to her in the usual way. [10] Bright explained that Mick and Linda have grown up together, and said: "It's a weird thing when you've known someone your whole lifeyou're more than just husband and wife. Linda's alcoholism continues to spiral out of control, resulting in her slapping Sharon and social services intervening as Ollie's schoolteachers notice him becoming extremely unhappy. Linda walks out and passes out in the gardens, being awoken by Lee, who has returned for Christmas. The character Linda Henry plays in Walford is ranked 36th in the 100 greatest EastEnders characters of all time. Mick turns up at Sharon's and he tells Linda that he spoke with her mum, who told him she'd been off crutches for a week and they should talk instead of avoiding it. I'm a firm believer in doing what makes you happy. Mick decides to call Linda's mum, Elaine and she arrives at The Vic and she tells Mick that she isn't going anywhere until she has got to the bottom of things. Becky Hill & David Guetta Back in May 2016, Kellie took a six month break from EastEnders to have her second child. Stacey says that she was going to tell her something and Linda says that Dean is young, good looking and a bit of a player and she's a bit over protective. Linda and Mick agree they should marry soon. Linda refuses to have a son who is gay and she doesn't have a son who is gay. Linda tells Mick and he is over the moon about the idea of them having another baby, although she later reveals that its Maxs.