EASTENDERS stars Shona McGarty and Max Bowden hold hands after popping out to a kebab van. We revealed last week that the pair, who play Whitney Dean and Ben Mitchell, had “grown close” after he split from his pregnant girlfriend this year.
They denied they are “officially dating”. But an onlooker who saw Shona, 30, and Max, 27, at the Hertfordshire takeaway said: “They looked very much like a couple.” Max’s ex-lover, insurance exec Roisin Buckle, revealed last month they were having a baby boy.
The couple vowed to raise the child together, despite their split. Shona is single after splitting from electrician fiancé Ryan Harris in January.
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