WARNING: Embargoed for publication until 00:00:01 on 22/08/2019 - Programme Name: EastEnders - July - September - 2019 - TX: 29/08/2019 - Episode: EastEnders - July - September - 2019 - 5980 (No. 5980) - Picture Shows: *NOT FOR USE PRE-TX WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL* Callum and Ben fight Ben Mitchell (MAX BOWDEN), Callum Highway (TONY CLAY) - (C) BBC - Photographer: Jack Barnes
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EastEnders SPOILER: Callum lashes out at Ben

The pressure is getting to be too much

Callum Highway and Whitney Dean’s wedding is under threat in EastEnders as the groom grapples with his feelings for secret love Ben Mitchell.

After several liasions with Ben, the burden of keeping his own sexuality a secret is getting too much for Callum.

As his stag do gets underway, Callum finds himself alone with Ben once more and it proves to be the final straw.

WARNING: Embargoed for publication until 00:00:01 on 22/08/2019 - Programme Name: EastEnders - July - September - 2019 - TX: 29/08/2019 - Episode: EastEnders - July - September - 2019 - 5980 (No. 5980) - Picture Shows: *NOT FOR USE PRE-TX WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL* Callum and Ben fight. Ben Mitchell (MAX BOWDEN), Callum Highway (TONY CLAY) - (C) BBC - Photographer: Jack Barnes
Callum angrily lashes out (Credit: BBC)

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Callum explodes and lashes out at Ben, punching him hard.

Will this be the end for Ballum? Or can Ben make Callum see if he marries Whitney he’d be living a lie?

These scenes will air on Thursday August 29.

WARNING: Embargoed for publication until 00:00:01 on 22/08/2019 - Programme Name: EastEnders - July - September - 2019 - TX: 29/08/2019 - Episode: EastEnders - July - September - 2019 - 5980 (No. 5980) - Picture Shows: *NOT FOR USE PRE-TX WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL* Callum and Ben fight. Ben Mitchell (MAX BOWDEN) - (C) BBC - Photographer: Jack Barnes
Will Ben take the beating from the man he loves? (Credit: BBC)

Clearly, something spurs Callum on to visit Whitney on her hen do after the altercation with Ben as he arrives at the E2o with something to say.

Whit is thrilled when Callum gatecrashes, but her mood soon changes when her husband-to-be tells her he needs to speak to her alone.

Whitney worries when Callum tells her he needs to chat in private. Will he tell her about Ben? (Credit: BBC)

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Whitney realises that Callum has something big to say… but will he tell her the truth about Ben?

Next week she’s got a lot on her mind as she worries about Callum’s big confession as well as her stepmum, Bianca Jackson, already causing chaos on the morning of her wedding.

Will Whit wed? (Credit: BBC)

Whitney’s all dolled up and ready to say I do, but with doubts swirlling, will the big day go ahead at all?

EastEnders airs Monday and Friday at 8pm and Tuesday and Thursday at 7.30pm on BBC One.

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Carena Crawford
Associate Editor (Soaps)

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