Closet gay Ben has always tried his best to keep his sexuality a secret from his dad Phil. So imagine the lad’s horror this week, when his father catches him and lover Paul getting jiggy!
“Ben is absolutely mortified,” reveals our EastEnders insider. “He knows that Phil won’t approve of his fling with Paul, and is scared witless wondering how he’s going to react.”
When Ben first realised he liked men, it caused massive ructions in the Mitchell family. Hard man Phil was convinced that his son’s sexuality would damage the family reputation, and rejected his son when Ben finally admitted that he was gay.
However, when Ben was later revealed as the father of Lola’s daughter, Lexi, Phil concluded that he’d simply been going through a phase with men.…