EastEnders fans stunned by shock twist at Kathy Beale’s wedding to Rocky Cotton
EASTENDERS fans are in shock after Kathy Beale’s wedding to Rocky Cotton was hit by a shock revenge twist.
The couple – who are played by actors Gillian Taylforth and Brian Conley in the BBC soap – finally married in tonight’s episode but there was a huge problem.
In last night’s episode Jo turned up at the registry office and claimed she and Rocky were still legally married.
But as Kathy walked down the aisle Rocky got increasingly more uncomfortable.
And as he noticed Jo watching from the corridor outside, he was devastated and he tried to tell Kathy but she brushed him off.
“I think I committed bigamy,” he told Harvey at the pub.
“Jo turned up before Kathy did and said there had been a mix up with the papers and the divorce wasn’t finalised. I’ve got two wives.”
Harvey convinced him that Jo was just lying to cause trouble, and because she had no paperwork she was just trying to ruin his day.
Rocky agreed and went to celebrate his marriage with Kathy.
“I’m not going to regret this decision, am I, Rocky?” Kathy asked him later and he assured her she wouldn’t.
But during the speeches just before Rocky was beginning a singing tribute to his new bride, Jo turned up and raised a toast to ‘Mrs Cotton’.
She revealed how she tricked Rocky into thinking he was divorced, even sending him a fake decree absolute in order to make sure he goes through with it.
As Kathy and Rocky told her her plan wouldn’t work, Jo revealed she’d recorded herself telling Rocky they were still married.
And she pointed out that he would end up going to prison for seven long years.
Kathy asked her what she wanted but she bitterly replied: “Revenge for a broken heart, but then it’ll heal nicely over seven years.”
She then ran over to the mic and tried to announce the bigamy to all the guests but Kathy stopped her by slapping her.
After dragging her out, Kathy asked her how much she wanted to keep her mouth shut.
“Fifty grand,” she said before demanding Rocky beg to give her the money.
“Fifty grand or I go to the police. You’ve got until the end of the week.”
Rocky promised Kathy he would find it but fans think a twist is coming.
One wrote: “Wow, Rocky’s desperate. He’ll find the money… somehow… and that’s the scary bit.”
A second said: “How is Rocky going to find that?”