EastEnders: Phil Mitchell CHEATS on Kat Slater with a VERY unexpected character in a shocking twist

EastEnders fans were shocked when Phil Mitchell cheated on his bride-to-be Kat Slater with none other than Emma Harding in Tuesday’s episode.

Kat (Jessie Wallace) and Phil (Steve McFadden) became embroiled in an argument when she discovered that her fiancé had hidden her ex Alfie Moon’s cancer scare from her.

Things between the couple hit the rocks when a furious Kat insisted there was nothing going on between her and Alfie (Shane Richie) and seemed unwilling to forgive Phil.

But Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) then gave her advice to both Phil and Kat as she tried to reunite the feuding couple, after which Kat left to reconcile with Phil.

But as she rushed to put things right, Phil witnessed a very passionate moment with Emma (Patsy Kensit) at Peggy’s office, in a shocking twist.

In response to the cheating scandal, viewers quickly took to Twitter to speak out about Phil’s decision, as they admitted the scene made them feel ‘sick’.

Other fans also called for Kat to tie the knot with Alfie instead of Phil as they called for the exes to reconcile following Phil’s shocking betrayal.

One wrote: ‘Who gave Phil the nerve’, while another tweeted: ‘I feel sick, Phil and Emma are mean, EastEnders this is out of the question.’

A third said: ‘Yes Phil!!!! Go with your bad self! Now we can get what we all want and all will be right in the world again.’

And another argued: ‘I hope Kat marries Alfie instead of Phil!’

The drama started in Tuesday’s episode as the fallout from Kat and Phil’s row played out after he failed to tell her that Alfie had a cancer scare.

Kat felt betrayed because he kept the news from her, and the couple became embroiled in an argument in which she told her partner she had to be there to support Alfie.

Phil brought Kat a box of chocolates as a peace offering as he tried to set things right on Sharon’s advice, but Kat remained angry with him.

Cheating: After arguing with Kat, Phil witnessed a very passionate moment with Emma (Patsy Kensit) at Peggy’s office in a shock twist

Oh no! In response to the cheating scandal, viewers quickly took to Twitter to speak out about Phil’s decision, as they admitted the scene made them feel ‘sick’.

Phil insisted he understood Kat’s relationship with Alfie and knew she wouldn’t want him to be alone, but Kat insisted she had to be the one to support her ex.

She argued: ‘It has nothing to do with him being alone, I needed to be with him! Not you, no one! Me! “I’ve always been there for you, I risked my safety and that of my boys for you because I was stupid enough to love you.”

Phil then insisted he never said anything was going on between her and Alfie, before Kat hit back with: “I never cheated on you, Phil.”

She continued, “You see something good and you pull out your wrecking ball. I deserve better, and if you let yourself, so will you,” before a dejected Phil walked out.

In separate scenes, Lola Pearce’s estranged mother, Emma, ​​was seen trying to defend her granddaughter Lexi by sending her a text and talking about how she was worried about the youngster.

But when Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden) told her he would never be part of his daughter Lexi’s life, she went to Peggy’s for a drink, where she bumped into Phil.

She told him, “I just got an earful from your son, apparently I don’t deserve to be in Lexi’s life.”

Emma then said to Phil: ‘Should I ignore what she wants because it suits someone else? Don’t tell me you never got Phil in trouble. I never did the wrong thing because I thought it was right.”

He replied, “I never said I was perfect, did I?”

Phil then told her she had to leave, before she continued talking about his ex-wives and said he doesn’t think about other people in a tense moment.

Opinion: His betrayal came after Sharon Watts finally persuaded Kat to make amends with Phil as she tried to reunite the feuding couple

Fallout: Kat (Jessie Wallace) and Phil (Steve McFadden) became embroiled in a feud when she discovered her fiancé had hidden her ex Alfie Moon’s cancer scare from her

Will she find out? It remains to be seen whether Kat will discover his shocking actions and whether their wedding day will still go ahead as planned

She said, “Some people aren’t built to think about other people, Phil. People like us break things. That’s how we were designed. That’s what we do.’

Kat was then seen talking to Sharon, who urged her to make things right with Phil before it was too late.

Sharon said: ‘Don’t take your fear out on Phil, he’s doing his best. Don’t throw away what you have, Kat, and end up back on the shelf like me.”

However, when Kat stormed out to reconcile with Phil, he was shown having a very steamy encounter with Emma in Peggy’s office while cheating on his fiancée.

But will Kat find out about his shocking betrayal and how will she react? Will their wedding day still go ahead?