Kat Slater makes devastating confession about son Tommy Moon’s abuse in EastEnders
VIEWERS have been growing more and more concerned for Kat Slater, played by Jessie Wallace in EastEnders as her teenage son Tommy ramps up his violence towards her.
EastEnders viewers have seen the abuse unfold for months as the child-to-parent abuse storyline has been escalating on the BBC soap.
In July, shocked viewers watched as he punched his mother in the stomach. Tommy’s behaviour had been getting increasingly erratic and has become physically violent.
It looked like that had been nipped in the bud, until Tommy was caught stealing earlier this week.
Next week, the real Tommy makes an appearance as he steps up his violent reign of terror over his mother. His anger bubbles over and resurfaces and he lashes out.
But Kat can hide it no longer when Alfie arrives home from Birmingham early.
Taken by surprise Kat is tries desperately to hide her latest wounds, but Alfie is no fool and spots her bruises.
Kat tries to pull the wool over his eyes and spins a tale about getting it after a boozy night out with Stacey.
Alfie smells a rat and soon discovers she’s lying following a conversation with Stacey in The Vic.
Later, at No.5D, Kat fumes at Tommy for using her credit card without her permission having already lied to Alfie about his actions – but unbeknownst to the pair, Alfie has been listening in.
Furious, he demands answers as he grills Kat, who cracks under the pressure.
After a while she finally admits it was Tommy who injured her.
Later at No.5D, the Moons and Freddie sit down for a meal.
But it isn’t long before chaos descends after an altercation between Tommy and Freddie escalates.
Later in the week Kat and Alfie are left reeling from a night of carnage, but Kat continues to make excuses for Tommy’s behaviour as a protective mother.
While, over at No. 31, Freddie finds himself under the spotlight with the Slaters as Jean begins to suspect that he’s keeping a secret for Kat.
Kat Moon's EastEnders Timeline
Kat Slater burst onto the Square in 2000 as feisty Kat Slater, played by Jessie Wallace. She is the eldest sister of the Slater family. She soon makes a big name for herself. She is a loud and brash character who is renowned for her leopard print skimpy outfits and loads of red lipstick. She has played the 'tart with a heart' character but has also had an epic love story with Alfie. Here is a rundown of her greatest soap storylines.
- Kat arrives in Walford as part of the Slater clan, She soon begins a fling with Steve Owen (Martin Kemp) behind the back of his girlfriend Mel Healey.
- Kat’s sister Zoe (played by Michelle Ryan) was revealed to be her sister after shocked viewers learned she was raped by her uncle Harry Slater as a child and Kat being only 13, was known as her sister.
- Kat and Zoe’s relationship was turbulent. They both vied for the attentions of Anthony Trueman. Kat and Anthony were together but broke up and Zoe then seduced him. Kat later learns she was pregnant but then has to have an abortion. She is comforted by her boss Alfie Moon but then he realises he is in love with her.
- Kat, becomes briefly engaged to Andy Hunter a local crime boss (Michael Briggs) but she jilts him on her wedding day for the true love her life Alfie.
- Kat sparks a romance with Alfie Moon and it is the love story of the square. She finally marries Alfie Moon on Christmas day in the Vic.
- Alfie takes a loan from Andy which he is unable to repay and then threatens to kill him unless Kat sleeps with him. Their relationship becomes cold and distant.
- One of Kat’s biggest storylines was helping her daughter cover up the murder of Dirty Den Watts. She left the soap in 2005 sailing into the sunset with Alfie for a new life in America.
- Kat returned to the soap in 2010 on the run from a man who she and Alfie conned for money. While Alfie was serving time, she had an affair with Michael Moon who happened to be Alfies cousin and she is now pregnant with his child.
- Another Kat storyline focused on the breakdown of her and Alfie’s marriage and her separation from Tommy and their twin sons Bert and Ernie.
- Kat’s union with Phil Mitchell began after months of feuding. She then sleeps with him marries him beginning a war with his ex Sharon Mitchell over the Mitchell empire.
- The latest storyline has focused on her son Tommy who idolised Phil and is trying to get back at Kat for breaking up the marriage. Kat meanwhile is back with the love of her life Alfie who is suffering from cancer.