Natalie Cassidy tipped for huge reality show after shock EastEnders exit

NATALIE Cassidy could beryllium acceptable for a large world TV quality aft her daze EastEnders exit.

The Sun revealed yesterday that the Sonia Fowler histrion was leaving the soap aft 32 years and she volition movie her last scenes adjacent month around the must-see 40th anniversary week.

Following her departure news, Betway's latest likelihood present suggest the histrion mightiness caput to the Australian jungle, with 5/2 likelihood of signing up for I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!.

The likelihood of Natalie, 41, starring connected Celebrity Masterchef basal astatine 6/1, portion the prima landing a pb relation successful a BBC sitcom remains astatine 20/1. 

Natalie would travel successful the footsteps of a fig of EastEnders stars who person enjoyed a stint connected the ITV jungle show.

Her off-screen member Dean Gaffney, who played Robbie Fowler connected the soap, competed successful the sixth series and came 5th place.

Jacqueline Jossa, who plays Lauren Branning, besides took portion connected the amusement successful 2019, portion Danielle Harold competed backmost successful 2023.

But Natalie volition look to stay loyal to her colleagues - arsenic likelihood of Natalie joining rival soaps Coronation Street oregon Emmerdale basal astatine 33/1. 

Sonia's exit

The peculiar week, which kicks disconnected connected Monday February 17, volition spot a immense detonation rip done the soap’s iconic Queen Vic pub, with respective much-loved characters getting caught up successful the blast.

Natalie, 41, told bosses of her determination to permission the hit BBC One soap past summer, and rumours are rife that her quality could beryllium killed disconnected during the soap's 40th. 

An EastEnders root said: "The 40th week was ever going to beryllium shocking, but could they truly termination off Sonia Fowler?

"Viewers person watched her turn up connected surface and she’s been astatine the bosom of immoderate of the soap’s biggest storylines.

"It would beryllium a due soap shocker if she was to dice during the 40th but arsenic it volition beryllium 1 that viewers volition ne'er ever forget."

Natalie, who joined the BBC One soap backmost successful 1993, aged conscionable 10 years, said: "I consciousness highly bittersweet to beryllium penning this, but besides precise excited.

"After different 11 coagulated years backmost connected The Square, I person decided it’s clip to determination connected to pastures new. EastEnders is successful my bones truthful I volition ne'er hide wherever I started my vocation and I volition proceed to emotion the show.

"Thank you to Chris Clenshaw for the accidental to beryllium specified a large portion of the 40th day – it’s an honour. See ya, Sonia, going but ne'er forgotten.”

Natalie’s quality Sonia is presently large with killer Reiss Colwell’s baby unaware that helium bumped disconnected his ex-wife Debbie, a transgression she was aboriginal charged with.

Luckily, a assemblage recovered her not-guilty of execution aft Reiss produced a video of Sonia’s sister Bianca Butcher confessing to the killing.

But with Bianca, played by actress Patsy Palmer, 52, having been imprisoned by twisted Reiss successful a lock-up for months, and forced to marque the recording, it’s lone a substance of clip earlier the the information comes out.

 The root added: “There are truthful galore twists and turns successful the pb up to the 40th day week. Sonia has nary thought that Bianca is locked-up, and that Reiss is down it all. But arsenic she prepares to springiness commencement successful the coming weeks things volition commencement to unravel.

"Bosses person pulled retired each the stops to marque the soap's large 40th the astir melodramatic and unforgettable week successful the past of EastEnders.

"And though it volition beryllium the past clip we spot the quality of Sonia Fowler successful Albert Square pursuing Natalie's determination to leave, everyone volition person to hold and spot if she makes it retired alive."