The local actor joined the cast of BBC 1’s flagship soap opera earlier this year, playing former club rep Paul Coker.
Since his screen debut at the start of June, the character has been having a gay affair with Walford resident Ben Mitchell, the son of EastEnders’ legendary hardman, Phil Mitchell.
And in scenes that will air on the show tonight, the affair will be discovered by Phil when he catches the pair getting intimate in the car lot.
Having previously been gay, Ben, played by Harry Reid, is currently pretending not to be, following a stint in prison, and is currently in a relationship with female character Abi Branning.
Phil, who has previously denied his son’s sexuality, will tonight walk in on the pair and pictures that have been released ahead of the episode show Paul scrabbling to grab his clothes after being caught by Phil.
Further new pictures trailing next week’s episodes show the pair having a heart to heart after Ben makes a decision about his relationship with Paul.
Back in June, the Jerseyman’s debut episode in the soap saw the pair having a steamy kiss, and led to a number of people posting homophobic comments on Twitter.
The two actors have since spoken out in defense of the scene, criticising those who made homophobic comments.
Later scenes this summer, which saw the pair getting intimate in a funeral parlour, led to more than 80 complains being made to OFCOM, however they later cleared the soap of any wrongdoing.
22-year-old actor Jonny, a former Grouville School and Victoria College student, is the son of Mark and Colette Labey and has two sisters, Rachael and Katie.
Away from Albert Square, Jonny has filmed Soft Lad, a movie about a young man who embarks on a journey of self-discovery when he falls in love with another man,
The movie, which also stars Coronation Street actor Daniel Brocklebank is now available to pre-order online.
EastEnders airs at 8 pm this evening.
- A regular on the Islands performance scene, he began dancing with local teacher Valerie Guy at the age of five and starred in his first show, a JADC production of Bugsy Malone, when he was eight.
- Further local performances saw him play Toby in Sweeney Todd and Puck in a production of A Midsummer Nights Dream at Samarès Manor.
- He also performed locally in professional productions of The Buddy Holly Show and Cats, and in school shows Les Misérables and Sweet Charity.
- He left the Island in 2011, aged 18, to take a three-year BA course at the Doreen Bird College of Performance in Sidcup, for which he received a bursary from the Jersey Arts Trust.
- Since graduating last year, he has already performed in a London production of In The Heights, playing a talented and aspiring graffiti artist.
- He also performed in the recent West End production of White Christmas.
- EastEnders is his most high-profile role to date.
