EastEnders icon confirms plans to ‘take a step away’ from acting

EastEnders prima Bobby Brazier revealed his plans to measurement distant from acting.

The Strictly Come Dancing finalist, 21, who has played Freddie Slater connected the soap since 2022 -shared that helium needs ‘a break’ aft his assorted projects person started gathering up.

Speaking to the Daily Star newspaper’s Hot TV column, helium said: ‘I deliberation I request to measurement distant from acting for a spot and person a break.

‘I’m 20, but I haven’t felt 20 successful a precise agelong time.’

Bobby – the lad of Jeff Brazier and precocious world prima Jade Goody – antecedently opened up astir his struggles with fame.

Reflecting connected his rising popularity, Bobby told The Times: ‘I don’t privation to beryllium famous. Maybe I did erstwhile I was younger, but present I conscionable privation to act. I went connected Strictly due to the fact that dancing makes maine happy.

‘The much I larn astir fame, the little I’m funny successful it. There were a mates of weeks during Strictly erstwhile it got excessively much. I lone felt bid erstwhile I came location to beryllium with Freddie, Dad and Kate, my stepmum.’

He added: ‘I wanted to get voted off. Don’t get maine wrong, I emotion my job. I emotion being connected EastEnders and I emotion modelling. But I’ll astir apt instrumentality a interruption astatine immoderate point. Just travel, get inspired, conscionable caller people. Dad volition understand. Who knows, helium mightiness travel with me.’

Over connected Albert Square Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) encourages her girl Anna Knight (Molly Rainford) to springiness things a spell with Freddie, and the brace soon hold to beryllium friends again and caput retired connected a vertebrate ticker together. 

When they aboriginal get backmost astatine The Vic, they are met with disapproving glares from Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt), who soon turns vocal successful his dismay astatine the 2 hanging out.

His words unit Cindy to locomotion retired and she is successful nary forgiving temper erstwhile helium aboriginal attempts to apologise. 

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