Who attacked Cindy Beale? EastEnders legend ‘dead’ after Christmas Day showdown
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Cindy Beale’s (Michelle Collins) life hangs in the balance in EastEnders after she was clobbered over the back of a skull with a snow shovel on Christmas Day. There is no shortage of suspects, with the deliciously evil matriarch having burned her bridges with just about everyone following the toe-curling exposure of her affair with Junior Knight (Micah Balfour).
![[Cindy in the Vic kitchen worried in EastEnders as she speaks to Elaine]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/497708-2aa7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Christmas in Walford was certainly eventful, with Lauren Branning (Jacqueline Jossa) having come into possession of her coveted USB stick, which contained evidence of Cindy’s sordid affair. Lauren grinned with glee upon finding out Cindy’s big secret and took great delight in taunting her nemesis with the fact that she knew.
![[Cindy reels in the Queen Vic as her affair is exposed in EastEnders]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_234182191-88ee.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
As Christmas dinner got underway in the Vic, Cindy struggled to quell her fears, worried Lauren would blow her secret circa 2007 when she exposed Max’s (Jake Wood) affair with Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner). Lauren was disgusted when Cindy offered her drugs to keep shtum, prompting her to reveal that she’d gifted the USB stick to one of Cindy’s loved ones.
![[Ian reels in EastEnderrs]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_234182098-0225.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Cindy desperately tried to work out who, leaning on Elaine Knight (Harriet Thorpe) for assistance, unaware that Anna (Molly Rainford) had found said device and gave it to George (Colin Salmon), who played it aloud for all of the Vic’s punters to hear.
Cindy’s life crumbled before her very eyes as Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) fought tears, learning that his wife had been carrying on with Junior behind his back, but he wasn’t alone when it came to devastation, with Junior heartbroken to learn that Cindy thinks of George when she has sex with him.
