A new level of gay references has been unlocked in the British soap opera EastEnders.
In a recent episode, Lily Slater (played by Lillia Turner) and Ricky Jr (played by Frankie Day) are seen taking care of their first child. Stacey Slater (played by Lacey Turner) then asks the couple what theyāve named their daughter.
āCharli,ā Ricky Jr responds. Stacey asks if theyāve given their daughter that name to honor their Uncle Charlie.
āNo,ā Ricky Jr then quips. āAfter Charli XCX.ā
This EastEnders scene went viral on social media and prompted Charli XCX herself to respond.
āShout out [to] my gays in the writersā room!ā the popstar wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
This hilarious scene is indeed very soapy, but a Charli XCX reference was not in our 2023 bingo card for the series.
On social media, EastEnders fans are joking that Ricky Jr mustāve been at least a little bit queer to go along with naming his daughter Charli XCX. With so many plot twists in a soap opera, who knows? Maybe thatās the next frontier for the writers to explore.
Congratulations to Charli XCX for now being a canon character in the EastEnders universe!
