EASTENDERS viewers were shocked to see a rare softer side to Shirley Carter as she comforted Frankie Lewis, whose mum was sentenced to a decade in prison.
Shirley had viewers fighting back tears as we saw an emotional side to her character in Monday’s episode of the BBC soap. Frankie - the newest addition to the Carter family - was coming to terms with her paedophile mother Katy being sentenced as she read about her in the newspaper.
Shirley asked: “Why are you putting yourself through this?" Frankie replied: “They're all going to think that she's a monster, but I want to show them that she's not.
She's still my mum. She's still family.” Shirley responded: “After everything she's done?”- but then she offered to take Frankie on a driving.
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