“There’s a detail nobody can seem to explain…” — EastEnders viewers are baffled after Chelsea makes a controversial claim about Gray’s victims
A comment made by Chelsea Fox (Zaraah Abrahams) about Gray Atkins’ (Toby-Alexander Smith) victims in EastEnders has left quite a few fans very confused.
Scenes are currently airing in the BBC One soap that are setting the foundations for Gray’s return to the show.
A couple of days ago, Chelsea and Gray’s son Jordan was rushed to hospital after being hit by a car that was being driven by Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt).
Chelsea knows that she will need a fair amount of cash to pay for Jordan’s medical fees, and recently made a comment to sister Libby Fox (Belinda Owusu) about how Gray’s nan Sheila has been sending her cheques for years that she hasn’t cashed in.
In yesterday’s episode, the siblings got into an argument after Chelsea discovered that Libby had checked to see if a phone number belonging to Sheila was still working.
Chelsea pointed out that she’d never want help from someone related to an evil man, and then went on to remind Libby about the three people Gray murdered.
‘Some were my friends, some still with family round here’, Chelsea said.
This comment in particular got a lot of fans talking on social media, due to the fact Chelsea didn’t actually have any strong friendships with any of Gray’s victims.
‘Aight boss’, one user of X wrote yesterday, sharing their confusion.
Shannon said in response: ‘Am I the only one who doesn’t remember Chelsea being friends with Chantelle, Tina or Kush?’.
Chels added: ‘since when was she even friends with chantelle???’.
This fan highlighted: ‘She could’ve said he tried to kill her friend (Whitney) and tried to kill her’.
All of these audience members have made very good points. Chantelle was killed by Gray on September 18, 2020. In December of that year, Chelsea returned to Walford.
The exact date of Chelsea’s return was December 25. Three days later, Gray murdered Tina Carter.
And on April 19, 2021, Kush Kazemi became Gray’s third victim.
Chelsea and Kush definitely knew each other, but it’s difficult to argue that they had a close friendship. Kush was previously in a relationship with Chelsea’s mum Denise Fox (Diane Parish), and this happened while Chelsea was living away from Walford.
We can assume that they met off-screen, but Kush and Denise’s relationship would’ve meant the dynamic placed him in a different category to Chelsea’s other friends.
When Chelsea returned, there were only a few months between her heading back to Albert Square and Kush being killed. It’s definitely possible they developed a friendship that was just never highlighted that much on screen, but there also wasn’t enough time for them to establish any sort of deep bond.
Toby-Alexander Smith will be reprising his role as Gray very soon. The character is in prison for his many crimes, which means his comeback is only going to be a brief one.
