Is Kellie Bright leaving EastEnders? Linda Carter’s future in Albert Square as Keanu murder exposed

Kellie Bright’s future on EastEnders has been thrown up in the air after the discovery of Keanu Taylor’s body.

Fans of the BBC soap will remember the iconic Christmas scenes, which saw Linda stab and murder Keanu Taylor with a carving fork. The Six then decided they had to hide the body and pin Nish Panesar’s attack on Keanu, all whilst he lay dead under the concrete of the new café. In a new twist last week, the body was found – and the police soon realised all was not as it seemed.

Sharon had been hauled into being questioned over the murder, whilst the other women decided they needed a plan to make sure they stayed out of prison. Linda has been struggling since all that happened, and it’s clear she is the one who is set to lose the most.

Kellie Bright has now opened up about her character’s future on the BBC soap – and what Linda would struggle with most.

“What would break her would be leaving her children. Because even when she’s drinking, she can justify that and think ‘Yeah, but I’m still here. I’m still being their mum,'” she explained. “She would lose them to a certain degree, because she would not be there while they grew up. I think that’s the thing that would break her, not actually being in prison.”

Kellie believes Linda will be “relieved” if she gets caught out – but her son Johnny Carter is adamant that can’t happen.

Speaking to TV Times, she shared: “I think in some ways, Linda would be relieved if she got found out. As much as she is covering this up because she doesn’t want to leave her children, on some level she believes she deserves to be punished, which is why she’s drinking again. I think she thinks there is something inherently dark and wrong with her.

“The only thing I can get my head into… is thinking of an ink blot in her soul that is gradually seeping and getting bigger and bigger; that blackness where you can’t wash it out. It’s a bit Lady Macbeth.”