EastEnders fans stunned as they find out iconic character's ‘real age'

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EASTENDERS fans were left stunned when they found out an iconic character's 'real age'.
The actor
joined the
BBC
soap
in
2000
and has been off an on our screens ever since.
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Eastenders fans were left stunned when they found out an iconic character's 'real age'.
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Over the years she has become one of Walford's biggest icons
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Over the years she's become one of Walford's biggest icons and has been involved in lots of storylines during her time on the Square.
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Mo Harris is best known as a conwoman and the matriarch of the Slater family
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But much of her happenings revolved around being a con woman.
Yes, we are speaking about
She is the
grandmother of
,
Belinda Peacock
, and
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Over the past two decades Mo's returned for numerous stints before she departed the show in 2021 for a cruise with her fiancé Fat Elvis.
The crazed teacher had been
Now, fans have found out the Mo's real age in the soap and they are completely amazed.
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Posting on Redditt one said: "There's absolutely no way she's 89?? EIGHTY NINE????"
Another added: "They should have made her Charlie's sister rather than his mother in
law
.
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"It's never been fully believable even in the early days of the Slaters."
"Laila Morse is 79 which I still find hard to believe- she's still got plenty of go in her!" exclaimed another.
A fourth explained: "They aged her up to match pat's age for the backstory, maybe it was believable back in the early 2000s but it sure as hell isn't now."
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While another soap fan said: "Mo doesn't look 90 whatsover, or acts it either."
They even collaborated on a film together once, as Laila starred in 1997
film
Nil By Mouth, Gary's debut as a film writer and director.
When some soap fans got hold of the
news
that the EastEnders star was the
Fans began to tweet their funny reactions to the
news
that Walford's Big Mo and Oscar winner Gary were in fact brother and sister.
One EastEnders fan said: "If there is a better fact out there than Big Mo being Gary Oldman's sister I want to hear it"
Another tweeted: "Wtf since when were Big Mo from Eastenders & Gary Oldman brother & sister?????"
While this one commented: "I'll never come to terms with the fact Gary Oldman's sister is Big Mo from Eastenders #Oscars"
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Laila is the sister of the Oscar winning star Gary Oldman
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Twitter lit up when fans discovered Gary Oldman was Laila's little brother
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