EASTENDERS fans have been left stunned by Billy Mitchell's real age after he let slip what it was to Phil Mitchell. The character, who is played by Perry Fenwick, told the bald-headed tough nut he was 61 in a scene that left viewers reeling.
One fan boggled: "Billy really 61? He looks the same as he did 30 years ago!" A second tweeted: "Shut up! Did I hear right then?
Billy Mitchell is 61." Another wrote: "NO CHANCE is our billy Mitchell 61 years of age. Plot twist of the century." Phil - Billy's second cousin - didn't offer up his own age but the actor who plays him, Steve McFadden, is 61 himself.
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