EastEnders' Balvinder Sopal hopes for Suki and Ash reconciliation: 'Needs to happen'
Ash left Walford in 2023.
Suki Panesar (played by Balvinder Sopal) has had a difficult relationship with her family over the years, particularly owing to her struggling to come to terms with her identity as a lesbian.
But the EastEnders favourite has now found power within her real identity, kicked evil ex-husband Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry) out of her mind now he's dead, and is moving forward with her wife, Eve (Heather Peace).
While her family still on the Square have almost all come round to support her in her new chapter (apart from Nugget, who was brainwashed by Nish), there's the matter of Ash (Gurlaine Kaur Garcha), who left Walford in 2023 to accept a job offer in Canada, but she used it as a chance to have a new start following Suki's disapproval of her lesbian relationship with Iqra.
Viewers know all too well that Suki's complex relationship with her own sexuality meant she pushed Ash away, but now she has entered a new stage of her life, it's high time for the mum and daughter to reconcile.
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Speaking exclusively to Radio Times at the shoot for our EastEnders cover, Sopal agreed, adding: "I think that conversation definitely needs to happen because Ashneet went through a lot of heartache and abuse at her mum's hands.
"We know why, but I don't think Ashneet knows that as yet."
Sopal added: "I think it would be a brilliant conversation, wouldn't it? I think Suki would really like the chance to reconcile."
As Suki embraces who she is totally and fully now, is it the right time to bring back Ash?
Pick up the Radio Times magazine this week to read our exclusive feature with seven women of Walford.
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