The discovery prompted Callum's enraged father-in-law Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) to demand custody of granddaughter Lexi Pearce (Isabella Brown), who has been raised for the last year by stepdads Callum and Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick).
It was Callum who refused to walk away from their relationship when husband Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden), who is serving a six-year prison sentence for fraud in America, tried to give him an out.
No one expected loyal, long-suffering Callum to betray Ben, let alone show barely any remorse over his controversial actions.
But after he confessed his liaison with Ben to then-fiancée Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty), Callum overcame his fears to accept himself as a gay man.
In the years since, we learned that Callum was happy being exclusive, and given how enduring his love has been for Ben, we simply couldn't imagine him venturing outside the marriage – until it actually happened.
Yes, this behaviour is very on-brand for Ben, but it was the first we had heard of this, after an update in early 2025 claimed Ben was doing well, followed by Callum stating recently that Ben thought he should get out more.
While we can understand Callum's frustration after forgiving so many of Ben's mistakes, the ease with which he fell into bed with Johnny was severely out of character for a man who could, and would, have found an alternative coping mechanism.
With a shelved story about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and a police career we're now barely privy to, we've long wished to see Callum in the spotlight on his own merit.
Placing the blame on Ben while making excuses to Phil, Callum went on to reference that Ben's mental health has been fragile once more; which only makes Callum's affair look worse.
While we're on the subject of neglected, underdeveloped characters, Johnny, too, has had nothing to do apart from supporting mum Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) in her alcoholism and the cover up of Keanu Taylor's (Danny Walters) murder.
Johnny should have had something else to focus on in that time, and being placed in-between a fan-favourite EastEnders pairing wasn't the way to add to his material.
Although drama such as this is par for the course in soap land, it remains to be seen if Callum and Ben's love story can be salvaged from the ashes, at least in the eyes of the viewers.
Although Callum said he does still love Ben, we haven't seen enough evidence to back this up lately.
As for Johnny, we only see him going back and forth from The Queen Vic, or dishing out legal advice when the scene calls for it.
It was the right call from EastEnders not to keep the Callum and Johnny saga going in secret, but we're baffled as to what the end goal is.
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