Take Me Out viewers had to do a double-take on Saturday night when a Phil Mitchell lookalike stepped out of the lift.
It was one of the single ladies who initially pointed out the resemblance after switching her light off because of it.
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Lexi Tudor pulled a face as she told love-hopeful, Sean: “You resemble Phil Mitchell from EastEnders.”
But while host Paddy McGuinness and the other singletons were shocked at the comment, Sean was able to laugh it off.
He said: “Well, Phil Mitchell – I’d like to sort somebody out…it’s Phil Mitchell innit!”
It wasn’t long before viewers at home were drawing comparisons too.
“Phil Mitchell arrived from EastEnders,” laughed one fan, while another commented that it was nice of Phil Mitchell to ‘make an appearance.’
A third joked: “Phil Mitchell just came down the stairs #takemeout.”
And another asked: “Who let Phil Mitchell on the show?”
Phil’s been awol from Walford for the past couple of weeks after he was last seen trying to dig up a grave with the rest of Aidan Maguire’s heist team.
The official line is that he’s been laying low in Italy while all the drama from the job blew over, but it looks like he’s actually been looking for a Sharon replacement on the ITV dating show!
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Phil – played by Steve McFadden – will be back in the Square tonight and he’s determined to get some answers about both the missing money AND his missing son.
EastEnders continues tonight at 8pm on BBC One.