EastEnders spoilers: Big Mo drops HUGE bombshell in evil twist amid Kat Slater return

The EastEnders legend will make a shock arrival in Walford, which leaves Stacey Slater (played by Lacey Turner) stunned.

When Stacey realises she has several missed calls from Big Mo (Laila Morse) she desperately tries to contact her, worried something terrible has happened.

Eventually, she finds the Slater matriarch on her sofa looking very upset.

When Stacey presses her to find out what has happened, Big Mo blurts out that Kat (Jessie Wallace) is dead but they don’t have the money to pay for her funeral.

In first-look photos provided by the BBC, Stacey can be seen looking very surprised to come face-to-face with Big Mo, who is pictured holding a tissue to her eyes.

Fans know that Kat is expected to make a return to Albert Square very soon meaning Big Mo is lying about her death.

Speaking about Big Mo’s evil plan, soap star Laila teased: “Dear old Mo, she’s in a lot of trouble.

“She’s a very evil lady. If she was one of my relatives, I think I might do her in!”

The actress went on to tell Radio Times: “Mo doesn’t give a monkey’s what she does as long as she’s earning a few quid.

“She’d sell her own grandmother if she had one.”

It comes after Laila slammed Charlie Slater’s (Derek Martin) death from the soap in 2016 as he suffered a devastating heart attack.

The star admitted she wasn’t pleased to hear he would be leaving the popular BBC soap.

“He should never have gone,” she told the publication.

“But I think Derek could always come back as Charlie’s twin brother. Dark hair, a little bit of growth on his face. We’d all welcome that.”

EastEnders continues Friday on BBC One at 8pm.

Read the full interview with Laila Morse in this week’s issue of Radio Times, out now.