Cindy and Max’s EastEnders wedding erupts into catastrophe as secrets are blown | Soaps

With EastEnders love rat Max Branning (Jake Wood) having spent the last few months having it off with Priya Nandra-Hart (Sophie Khan-Levy), his wedding to Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) was always going to end in fireworks. 

And sure enough, it looks set to be as explosive as hoped when their nuptials end in catastrophe next week, with actress Michelle Collins – who plays Cindy – warning that fans can expect her character to ‘go for Max big time’ after his secrets erupt. 

Recent scenes on the BBC soap have seen the pair bring forward their nuptials from New Year’s Day to this month, opting to share their wedding date with fellow Walford couple Kim Fox (Tameka Empson) and Howie Danes (Delroy Atkinson). 

Turns out, that will be a decision to regret.

As the big day arrives, Max has gone AWOL, much to his family’s panic, who try to track him down before Cindy finds out about his disappearing act. 

Eventually, he turns up hungover at Peacock Palace, where he ends up getting into a blazing row with his former flame Linda Carter (Kellie Bright), during which it all comes out about his affair with Priya. 

Linda, who has been secretly harbouring feelings for Max herself, is disgusted that he has reverted to type, and he slinks off to the car lot where he finds Priya. 

She’s furious when he tells her that Linda now knows about what they’ve been up to, but their argument ends up being overheard by Max’s daughter Lauren Branning (Jacqueline Jossa). 

Feeling let down by her cheating dad yet again, Lauren refuses to attend the wedding, and word soon spreads to Oscar Branning (Pierre Counihan-Moullier) and Jack Branning (Scott Maslen), who soon give Max a roasting over his behaviour. However, they still manage to get him to the wedding venue on time. 

But just as Max and Cindy are about to say their vows, Linda and Priya arrive, and chaos quickly erupts. 

Teasing the drama ahead, Michelle Collins tells Metro: ‘Hell hath no fury like Cindy’s scorn! God help Priya is all I can say.’  

The star also suggests that Cindy could seek the ultimate revenge on Max, who we already know is central to the New Year’s Day episode, with this January’s flash-forward episode revealing he will find himself arrested and with someone threatening to shoot Lauren and Oscar. 

‘[Cindy] knows how to use a gun – she’s used a gun before,’ Michelle recalls. ‘I wouldn’t put anything past Cindy. 

‘You do not mess with Cindy. She loves hard, but she also will get revenge. Her revenge will be really hard as well.’

EastEnders airs these scenes from Monday 7th September at 7.30pm on BBC One or stream first from 6am on iPlayer. 

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