BBC EastEnders fans were left heartbroken for Whitney Dean in tonight's tense prison scenes.
The character is locked up after confessing to killing Leo King in self-defence.
Whitney was denied bail last week which prompted her to begin a hunger strike.
Laying curled up on the bed in her cell, a prison officer places a bowl of soup in front of her and tells a story about a previous inmate who tried a hunger strike, but inevitably ended up eating.
Whitney tells the guard: "Because she was weak."
She then poured the bowl of soup down the sink.
Viewers were "heartbroken" for the character.
On Twitter, one fan tweeted: "Heartbroken for Whitney. The more I see @ShonaBM and her amazing performances, the more I’m blown away. The woman is a movie star!"
Chloe said: "Whitney you are breaking my heart, he is one of the good one's and he is only trying to help.....please just eat!"
Lydia said: "Come on! Free Whitney please! How long will she be able to keep this up?"
Other fans weren't impressed with the storyline.
Sarah said: "I don’t get this Whitney storyline. Yeah Leo was stalking her but if I murdered someone I would automatically think I was going to prison, whether I was their victim or not."
Another Twitter user said: "Oh Whitney you bought this on yourself darling so don’t play hard done too."
*Eastenders continues tonight at 8.30pm
