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" EastEnders star David Witts has said that the soap&amp;#039;s fans predicted his new romance storyline weeks ahead of broadcast. The actor&amp;#039;s character Joey Branning is to fall for his cousin Lauren in an upcoming plot, which kicks off properly next week as they share a kiss.   Witts has now admitted that viewers have always noticed a spark between Joey and Lauren (Jacqueline Jossa). He told Soaplife: &amp;quot;From the very first time they met, people were coming up to me in the street and saying, &amp;#039;You fancy your cousin&amp;#039;. So I think it was always obvious that Joey liked Lauren.&amp;quot; Witts added that Lauren will go into denial following a second kiss with Joey at the end of next week.   &amp;quot;Lauren stops and says what they&amp;#039;re doing is wrong,&amp;quot; the actor explained. &amp;quot;Joey tells Lauren he wants to be with her, but then Max turns up. &amp;quot;Lauren wants to pretend that none of it happened but Joey doesn&amp;#039;t. He knows Lauren feels the same way about him. You can&amp;#039;t suppress feelings like that for long.&amp;quot; Asked whether there could be a future for the pair, Witts replied: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;d like there to be. They love each other and they&amp;#039;re not doing anything wrong. It&amp;#039;s not illegal to have a relationship with your cousin and they haven&amp;#039;t known one another for long.&amp;quot; EastEnders continues tomorrow (October 25) at 7.30pm on BBC One. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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