EastEnders fans have ripped into the soap for ‘copying’ Corrie

This has to have been a mistake, right?

If you're a long-time soap obsessive (this is a judgement-free space, by the way), you might have picked up on something odd in last night's episode of EastEnders. Poor Stacey Fowler has been through the ringer lately, having had a seizure last week and gone into early labour. She's recovering in hospital with her newborn daughter, though the baby was put on a respirator after being born premature during an emergency C-section. As she worried that she couldn't bond with the child, her husband Martin her to talk about choosing a name for the little girl. They settled on the name Hope - the same name that Fiz Stape gave her premature baby girl in Coronation Street in 2010. Viewers pointed out that the name - and reason behind it - felt a little familiar. https://twitter.com/missadventure79/status/921101967388303361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.her.ie%2Fentertainment%2Feastenders-fans-ripped-soap-last-night-copying-corrie-370766 https://twitter.com/Heathyheath_/status/921107846938447873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.her.ie%2Fentertainment%2Feastenders-fans-ripped-soap-last-night-copying-corrie-370766 https://twitter.com/andrewmcb/status/921091133073166336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.her.ie%2Fentertainment%2Feastenders-fans-ripped-soap-last-night-copying-corrie-370766 https://twitter.com/tv_enthusiastic/status/921105685554847744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.her.ie%2Fentertainment%2Feastenders-fans-ripped-soap-last-night-copying-corrie-370766 https://twitter.com/tommyliciousgos/status/921087127684894726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.her.ie%2Fentertainment%2Feastenders-fans-ripped-soap-last-night-copying-corrie-370766 https://twitter.com/mjkkelly1973/status/921125492215951360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.her.ie%2Fentertainment%2Feastenders-fans-ripped-soap-last-night-copying-corrie-370766 Others criticised the show for opting for a rather obvious name.