EastEnders Denise Fox has been struggling to make ends meet after quitting her job at the Minute Mart.
But now viewers have pointed out an easy way for her to raise some cash.
She’s so broke that she’s been lying to her boyfriend, Kush Kazemi, about having to study to get out of going to the pub with him and spending money.
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Thursday’s episode saw her rummaging in the bins outside her old place of work for out-of-date sandwiches that had been chucked.
She even contemplated eating two chips Jack Branning had dropped on the floor.
Things have got so bad, she’s been avoiding everyone and Kush put his foot down in Friday’s episode, insisting he was going to cook her a meal. He told her all she had to do was provide the wine.
As she tried to get back the tenner she’d lent her sister, Kim Fox-Hubbard, last year, Denise really was desperate.
She didn’t manage to get any wine, lying to Kush she didn’t want to risk the hangover as she had to study for her GCSE. Kush looked about as fed up hearing about that as we are.
As he presented her with a plate of fish, she wolfed it down in record time. But Kush knew something wasn’t right as he quizzed her about backing out of their holiday.
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She eventually ended up breaking up with him, telling him they were too different, leaving him, and herself, devastated.
But viewers don’t really have much sympathy for Denise as they all think there’s a really simple solution to her problems: sell her jewellery.
#Eastenders Denise is going without food when she's wearing all that gold?
— Caroline Wright (@Carolin35307427) May 5, 2017
Ain't there a pawn shop in #walford. Denise has more gold than #mrT. Could pay for her meals for a week #eastenders
— emma grint (@emsgrint) May 5, 2017
#EastEnders a person as skint as Denise is meant to be, would of pawned that gold she is wearing surely 🙁
— Kellie Skellington (@ticklekeane) May 5, 2017
#eastenders Denise is so clever she never thinks of pawning gold, opts for prepacked sandwich, instead of lots of cheap tins. GCSE = genius
— Jo.An.Ay? (@JoJoMicallef) May 6, 2017
Denise should have been strangled in that car years ago kmt
All these rings but man can't afford a sandwich and goes in bins ok #Eastenders
— Matt IV (@JustMattBentley) May 5, 2017
Fair dos Denise on eastenders is starving and wearing about 3500 of gold lol #eastenders
— Alison Buckland (@ging6134) May 5, 2017
Others just thought Denise should “spit it out” and tell Kush the truth.
Her pride is so far stopping her doing that, but just how hungry and desperate will she have to get before she swallows it and asks for help?
how hard is it for denise to just spit out?? so annoying #eastenders
— ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ (@niazology) May 5, 2017
I think that I am a very prideful person but Denise takes the mick . #eastenders
— Winnie Rose 🌹 (@topazjem) May 5, 2017
OMG, Denise is the Queen of Stubbornness. I don't feel sorry for her. She's refusing to help herself #EastEnders
— Daniel_Bevis (@Daniel_Bevis) May 5, 2017
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If not Kush, what about Kim? Dee’s sister’s living in a big house, flashing the cash, she could definitely afford to help Denise out a bit.
If only she can find a way to ask for help, that is.