FANS have noticed a trend emerge throughout their years watching the events of life in Albert Square.
One EastEnders viewer theorised that soap bosses are slowly killing off every blonde woman walking the streets of Walford.
One fan noticed a trend in EastEnders
According to this viewer, blonde women in Albert Square are the main ones to be killed off
The viewer made a list of late characters fitting the bill
The theory first emerged in October, 2020, when the soap fan took to a Digital Spy forum.
“Since 2015, Lucy, Peggy, Ronnie, Roxy, Abi, and Mel have all been killed off”, they first pointed out.
“Do the remaining blonde ladies need to watch their backs?”
When another viewer replied that it’s unlikely EastEnders royalty Sharon Watts will be killed off, the original poster questioned: “No, but could Lola be in trouble?”
Fast-forward two years later and Lola Pearce is facing a harrowing brain tumour battle after an unsuccessful brain surgery.
Actress Danielle Harold is set to bow out of the BBC One soap once her character breathes her last.
This prompted the original poster to return to their theory, adding: “I wonder who will be next?”
While they couldn’t predict who would be killed off the soap, two viewers attempted to explain the phenomenon.
“The reality of it might not be as light hearted as you might first think”, one of them first commented.
“There are clearly many stereotypes associated with blonde women and, if you add the touch of misogyny that is ever present in most walks of life, perhaps soap treatment of them isn’t that surprising.”
The second simply wrote: “The ‘tragic blonde’ has been a soap stereotype for decades and probably won’t change anytime soon.”
“If they’re blonde and Jay fancies them (Lola, Abi, Lucy, Roxy, Ronnie) then they are totally doomed”, another viewer quipped.
Soap bosses have promised an explosive winter is ahead and Lola Pearce won’t be the only blonde bombshell to be impacted.
Actress Charlie Brooks aka Janine Butcher revealed she would also be leaving the London-based drama.
She had been called back to the program in 2021 for another stint and is expected to be a part of Mick Carter’s final storyline.
But could bosses permanently get rid of her?
Only time will tell.
EastEnders airs from 7.30pm on BBC One until the World Cup begins.
Lola Pearce is the latest character who could prove the viewer right
Who could be the next Walford resident to be killed off?
