Of course, there’s absolutely no way that there’d be swearing of any kind on pre-watershed BBC soap.
This said, some EastEnders viewers seemed to think that Bex Fowler used the word ‘c***’ on Thursday night’s episode.
With Kush Kazemi visiting Bex, played by Jasmine Armfield, to try and persuade her to confront school bullies for sharing naked pictures of her and her ex, Shakil, Kush’s brother, some viewers were under the impression that she said: “Why’s everyone calling him the c***? No, because he’s the big man isn’t he?”
Have a listen.
@bbceastenders did I just hear the 'c' word on 2nites programme??? Is there no episode 2moro or Mon again?😂😂 #seeyounexttuesday #eastenders pic.twitter.com/ra2sEBzxoY
— laura longbottom (@lcasey30) March 16, 2017
Again, there’s no way that this actually was that particular word, even if other people thought otherwise.
The C word on #eastenders what is the world coming to. #bbc1
— GT (@GThomasson78) March 16, 2017
Did becks just say c*nt? #eastenders
— Emma-Louise (@ejoneees) March 16, 2017
Did Bex just say this to Kush 'is everyone treating him like a c**t' surely not #EastEnders
— Emma H (@mrshandles) March 16, 2017
I'm sure I've just heard Rebecca fowler say c*unt on Eastenders 😂🙈 #BBC #eastenders
— Aimée (Moore) Lockwood (@aimeel1986) March 16, 2017
Just before anyone else starts to convince themselves that Bex did use the offensive word, we should point out that she is actually believed to have used the word “tramp”.