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Charlotte Tutton

EastEnders fans reeling over hand print left on Stacey's face after brutal Tanya slap

EastEnders fans were in their element re-watching one of the biggest and best episodes of all time.

Re-airing on Tuesday night was the classic fallout to the now iconic Christmas Day reveal of Max Branning's affair with daughter-in-law Stacey.

Broadcast in 2007, the shocking episode saw Max's wife Tanya and his son Bradley, Stacey's husband, find out about their affair thanks to an infamous DVD.

Bradley's sister Lauren was putting together footage from his wedding day on a disc and came across Stacey and Max kissing.

In revenge, she burned the video recording onto a disc and left it under the Christmas tree, with it played out to the entire family.

EastEnders fans were left stunned over how hard Tanya slapped Stacey in a scene (BBC)

In the episode that aired, viewers saw the family reeling from the affair as Max denied anything had happened.

But Stacey's face gave it all away, with her confessing to the fling.

Chaos ensued as Bradley attacked Max before storming off, and Stacey's loved ones were horrified by what she had done.

EastEnders: Tanya slapped Stacey across the face (BBC)

Stacey was determined to speak with Tanya though to say sorry, and explain herself.

But Tanya was too distraught to hear her out, and ended up brutally slapping Stacey across the face.

In fact she hit her so hard that she left a bright red hand print on Stacey actress Lacey Turner's cheek.

EastEnders: Tanya attacked Stacey over her affair with Max (BBC)

Viewers took to Twitter over the scenes confessing they felt the hit, but were also stunned by just how hard the slap must have been to leave a mark.

The mark on Stacey's face was pretty big and bright red, with one fan writing: "OMG STACEY’S FACE HAS GOT A WHOLE HAND PRINT."

Another said: "Stacey has slap marks on her face!"

EastEnders: Stacey had a red hand print across her cheek (BBC)

A third agreed: "Wow that slap was real it left a handprint on Stacey's face!"

Meanwhile, a fourth tweeted: "That slap must of hurt."

EastEnders' classic episodes air Tuesdays at 7:30pm on BBC One.

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