EastEnders star Steve McFadden has slagged off most of his Albert Square co-stars, according to his former girlfriend Angela Bostock.
As a result, McFadden, who plays tough guy Phil Mitchell, faces a tricky time when he returns to the soap in the near future.
With allegations hanging over him that he is a "dogging" pervert who enjoys having sex in public, Bostock said that McFadden was particularly critical of Ross Kemp, who also returns to the Square in the autumn as his on-screen brother Grant.
She told the Daily Mirror "He was bitterly jealous Ross got a £1million deal with ITV."
Bostock added that McFadden was upset that Barbara Windsor, his screen mum, seemed friendlier with Ross Kemp than with him.
Others in for a tongue-lashing were Jessie Wallace (Kat Moon) - "a big old lump with too much lipstick...looks like a brass", Adam Woodyatt (Ian Beale) - "a scrawny, snivelling, whingeing grass", and Wendy Richard (Pauline Fowler) - "a nobody who thinks she's queen bee".
However, undeterred, a BBC spokesperson said: "Steve's contract doesn't start until the end of the month. This does not affect his position."