EastEnders real-life feuds unveiled - 'leaked stories', on-set 'catfight' and soap snub

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EastEnders viewers are used to watching the drama unfold between the residents of Albert Square. We all know that Soapland is full of feuds, tension and arguments and sometimes that trend can follow in real life too.Despite the fact that that the stars are forever insisting that that they all get on like a house on fire away from the cameras, this isn't always the case.From Shane Richie and his on-screen wife Jessie Wallace to Danny Dyer and his fellow hardman Steve McFadden are some of the co-stars who've reportedly clashed while working together on the serial drama.Power couple Kat and Alfie Moon won the hearts of the nation when they fell in love and tied the knot in the Queen Vic in a Christmas wedding.However, the pair fell out and did not speak for five years because of the level of distrust caused by phone hacking.Richie told the High Court that he became very close with Jessie when he joined the soap in 2002 and they would leave each other many voicemails.But when private matters started to appear in the press, the pair fell out after they accused each other of leaking stories to journalists.Richie told Mr Justice Mann after the incident: "After a while, me and Jessie didn't speak for five years because she didn't trust me and I didn't trust her because we both thought we were selling each other down the river with stories, which it turned out of course wasn't true."Actress Jessie reportedly once the late Barbara Windsor reportedly got into a blazing row on set.TV agent Melanie Blake revealed the two women fought and Barbara admitted she regretted.Barbara, who played the legendary Peggy Mitchell, died in December 2020 after a battle with Alzheimer's.Melanie, who used to be a runner, previously told The Sun : "I.