‘EastEnders’ aired some explosive scenes on Tuesday (10 January) night, as Sharon Mitchell accidentally discovered her husband Phil is the father of Densie Fox’s baby.
Denise (Diane Parrish) has been keeping the identity of her unborn son’s father a secret, having had a one night stand with Phil (Steve McFadden) while he was on a break from Sharon (Letitia Dean) last year.
However, she was forced to confess who’d got her pregnant to Shirley Carter (Linda Henry), after the barmaid became suspicious she’d had an affair with her former lover Buster Briggs (Karl Howman).
Denise tearful confessed Phil had fathered her child to her friend while in the toilets of the Queen Vic, before swearing her to secrecy, not wanting Phil to have any involvement in the child’s life.
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Denise admitted her baby secret to Shirley
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However, what both women didn’t see was that Sharon was actually in one of the toilet cubicles during the entire conversation.
The episode ended with Sharon in dumbstruck over the bombshell, with attention now turning to if she will confront Phil about it.
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Sharon had overheard the entire conversation
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Either way, it looks set to be a dramatic few weeks for Denise, who has decided to give the baby up for adoption.
A recently released trailer teased that she will go into labour later this month, and also reject an offer from her sister Kim (Tameka Empson) to raise the baby as her own.
The drama continues on Thursday at 7.30pm on BBC One.
Catch up on all the latest soap news and spoilers here.
The Most Fertile Men In Soapland
Mike Baldwin (Coronation Street)(01 of09)
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Johnny Briggs' character had three sons, and due to the fact they were the result of short-lived affairs, he didn't actually know any of them were his until later in their lives. Whoops... (credit:Kevin ArgueREXShutterstock)
Jack Branning (EastEnders)(02 of09)
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We're surprised Jack has had time to do anything else, given the amount of time he's spent, ummmm, adding to his family over recent years.
Jack's first child Penny briefly appeared in Walford in 2008, before leaving for France. He secretly impregnated Roxy Mitchell in the same year, before another fruitful affair with Sam Mitchell in 2010.
In the Christmas of that year, he and Ronnie Mitchell had their first baby, James, together. Sadly, the tot died in an episode which marked the start of a controversial baby swap storyline. (credit:BBC Pictures)
Steve McDonald (Coronation Street)(03 of09)
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Steve already has one child, Amy, following a fling with Tracy Barlow, and in the summer of 2016 he got another two people pregnant.
One was his wife Michelle - which is obviously lovely - and the other, Leanne Battersby during a one-night stand. Which is not so great. (credit:ITV Pictures)
Phil Mitchell (EastEnders)(04 of09)
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Here's Phil with Denise Fox, the most recent Walford resident to find herself pregnant after a frisson with the hardman.
He also two other kids: Ben, following his marriage to Kathy, and Louise, whose mother is Lisa Fowler. (credit:BBC)
Ken Barlow (Coronation Street)(05 of09)
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Jeez, what is with the men of Weatherfield all putting it about a bit?
Ken has three biological sons and one daughter, as well as stepdaughter Tracy. (credit:ITV Pictures)
Ross Barton (Emmerdale)(06 of09)
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As of September 2016, Ross had one child with Charity, and another on the way with Kerry, after a one-night stand.
While two kids is still a modest number, he has been in the Dales for just three years... (credit:ITV Pictures)
Kush Kazemi (EastEnders)(07 of09)
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Within two years of arriving in Walford, Kush was expecting two babies - one with his wife Shabnam, and another with her best friend Stacey Slater. (credit:BBC Pictures)
Bob Hope (Emmerdale)(08 of09)
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Bob has seven children. Seven. Children.
He has been married six times to four women but still. Seven. Children. Two of the kids were from his first marriage, anther two from the second, and the fifth from his short-lived wedded bliss with dancer Vonda.
To top it all off, he and Viv Hope then welcomed twins, christened Cathy and Heathcliff, as Viv gave birth on the Moors. Yes, really. (credit:ITV Pictures)
Tony Hutchinson (Hollyoaks)(09 of09)
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Tony had two kids before welcoming twins with Diane, Harry Thompson and Grace Hutchinson. (credit:Lime Pictures)