EastEnders' Jessie Wallace's 'deep regret' that sparked rift with show bosses
ok.co.ukEastEnders star Jessie Wallace might be a cast favourite in the BBC soap, but she has a 'deep regret' over an incident that saw her reprimanded at work.
Jessie, 52, is known for her long-running role as Kat Slater, but while her feisty character never shies away from a confrontation and has made some questionable decisions over the years, it was her real life that sparked a rift with show bosses.
Last summer, Jessie was cautioned for allegedly assaulting a police officer outside a nightclub in Bury St Edmunds – just months after Jessie had become a grandmother for the first time in March that year – and the TV star accepted a conditional police caution as a result.
However, she then had to face the consequences at work, too, as EastEnders bosses called her in for a meeting about what had happened and gave her a stern warning.
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