As Kat Slater prepares to become Mrs Mitchell number five, who are all of Phil Mitchell’s other ex wives in EastEnders?
He’s never short of a woman on his arm, but during his 33 years in the show who has Phil been married to? And how many other times has he almost made it down the aisle?
Phil Mitchell in EastEnders
Phil arrived in 1990, quickly followed by his brother Grant, mum Peggy, and sister Sam.
The Mitchell brothers became firm fan favourites with Phil initially being the ‘nice’ sibling compared with volatile Grant.
But Phil’s reputation as the good Mitchell soon took a battering when he had a passionate affair with Grant’s wife Sharon Watts.
Phil Mitchell and Sharongate
The reveal of their romance happened at Phil’s engagement party to Kathy Beale, when Grant played a tape in The Vic.
He’d recorded Sharon and best friend Michelle talking about Shaz’s affair and he shared it out loud to the startled guests.
More than 25 million viewers watched ‘Sharongate’, and it’s still one of the most legendary episodes of EastEnders ever.
Phil and Kathy eventually overcame their difficulties and tied the knot, and Phil became a dad to son Ben. But when Ben contracted meningitis as a toddler that left him partially deaf, Phil struggled to cope.
He started drinking and eventually had an affair with fellow alcoholic Lorna, leading to the break-up to his marriage to Kathy.
Who shot Phil?
During 2000, Phil’s darker side began to emerge and by 2001 he was one of soap’s best (or worst!) villains.
He had several enemies on the Square, including his ex Lisa Shaw, her boyfriend Mark Fowler, Phil’s business partner Dan Sullivan, and fellow gangster – and love rival – Steve Owen.
Phil Mitchell in EastEnders was shot on his doorstep in March 2001, and a month later viewers discovered it was Lisa, mother of Phil’s daughter Louise, who’d pulled the trigger.
The episode where Lisa was revealed as the shooter caused the delay of the UEFA cup semi-final between Liverpool and Barcelona so it didn’t clash with EastEnders!
All of Phil Mitchell’s wives in EastEnders
Phil Mitchell has been married four times.
He’s almost made it down the aisle a handful of other times too – most recently with Kat Slater. Their wedding day was ruined when Kat got stuck on Alfie’s barge and didn’t make it to the church on time.
However, after lots of will-they-won’t-they, Kat has now set the date again for next week. But Phil’s done something really, really stupid…
Viewers were stunned as Phil slept with Emma Harding! “I didn’t have Patsy Kensit riding Phil on the couch of Peggy’s on my 2023 EastEnders Bingo Card, but here we are!” laughed one on Twitter.
Kat doesn’t know the truth, but with Emma making threats, Sharon also in on the secret and Keanu getting a sniff of what’s gone on, surely it’s only a matter of time…
Who was Phil’s first wife?
Phil’s first wife was Romanian refugee Nadia Boravac, who wanted a visa to stay in the UK.
Things got messy when he got together with Kathy, but drunkenly slept with Nadia behind her back.
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