As for whether she's asked Turner, who plays Stacey Slater on the soap, for any advice, Lytton went on to comment: "Yeah, she's been great. I've gone to her because she was one of the first people to know. She really helped me at the beginning.
"She was the one who told me what sick bands to get and all things like that."
EastEnders
continues tonight (May 24) on BBC One.
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