We’re used to hearing Denise Van Outen as the voiceover on The Only Way Is Essex (or maybe Magic FM when we’re a bit hung-over), but now Denise is keeping real, like Ian Beale, and moving to Walford.
The 40-year-old blonde will be joining the cast of EastEnders on 9 April to play sex-hungry businesswoman, Karin Smart.
Speaking on Alan Carr: Chatty Man, the actress revealed that her character is pwopa nawghty and will defo “shake things up on the square”.
Karin also has a bit of history with Phil Mitchell, but who hasn’t?
"The character is really fun and she is a bit naughty - surprise surprise. I thought she is going to go in to The Square and stir things up a little bit. So I just grabbed the chance to play her.
"I said if I was ever going to do it [accept a role in EastEnders], the two personas you can have really is to be the bitch or be a bit of a slut, and I chose to be a bit of a slut," she continued.
"She's a businesswoman and she really does shake things up in the Square. And there's a bit of history there with Phil Mitchell… I can't reveal too much but there's definitely going to be fireworks."
Alan Carr: Chatty Man airs on Channel 4 tonight (April 3) at 10pm.