‘Pure evil!’ rage EastEnders fans as they sink claws into character with ‘zero remorse or sympathy’
EASTENDERS fans have branded a character 'pure evil' for showing 'zero remorse or sympathy' in recent episodes.
Christmas Day saw members of 'The Six' have their lives changed forever after Linda Carter killed Keanu Taylor and then they all helped bury the body under the floor of the cafe.
But in the following weeks, some EastEnders fans think its not just their lives that have changed, but their personalities.
Their latest target is Kathy Beale - played by Gillian Taylforth - after she threatened to shop Karen Taylor to the police following her surprise return to the Square in a bid to find out where Keanu was.
Her response to Karen in tonight's episode was the latest act in what many have felt is completely out of character for the soap matriarch, who has been part of the Square on and off since EastEnders first began in 1985.
Taking to X - formerly Twitter - one fan raged: "I can't stand Kathy right now, her having zero empathy over keanu's death feels off.
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"Which is why keanu being the victim is a huge mistake. If the victim was a deserving death like nish or Dean her zero empathy would be acceptable. She is acting like a cold killer."
Another was equally furious, writing: "Kathy is pure evil!! She’s got 0 remorse whatsoever & it looks like she couldn’t give less of a toss about Karen losing a child.
"Really not liking Stacey,Suki and her right now! No sympathy whatsoever. Tryna call the police on her is sumtin else!! Filth that’s what she is FILTH!"
A third added: "So basically when it came to report Rocky for burning down her precious cafe, almost killing her Grandson's Kathy totally hesitant but Karen, a Mum just searching for her missing Son & straight away she's all for reporting her?"
Meanwhile a fourth shared: "Kathy was awful tonight - so cold + lacking empathy. And giving Phil the Arches while in the same breath saying Sharon needed protected. And how was she able to look through the legal docs + know Keanu wasn’t mentioned in them. Probably rewritten Sharon scenes."
They weren't alone with their thoughts as another added: "Now I am not slagging off #EastEnders at all, far from it. I can't help but feel that #TheSix storyline is going to ruin some of the characters.
"It just doesn't sit right with me how heartless Kathy and Stacey are being. I don't know."
However others were loving this new side to Kathy, with one writing: "Obsessed with how since Christmas, Kathy has been stomping around the square like a gangland boss. Making threats, getting people jailed, keeping the other women in check. Queen behaviour."
Another agreed: "Kathy Beale is a ruthless woman. And i LOVE it."
EastEnders airs on BBC One and is available on BBC iPlayer.