Patsy Palmer breaks silence on Sonia's EastEnders exit as Natalie Cassidy leaves show

Patsy Palmer, celebrated for playing Bianca Jackson successful EastEnders, has paid tribute to Natalie Cassidy, who portrayed Sonia Fowler for astir 32 years.

Patsy Palmer has paid tribute to Natalie Cassidy up of her melodramatic exit.

Natalie's departure coincides with the show's 40th day week. While it's unconfirmed if Sonia volition beryllium killed off, speculation suggests a melodramatic exit for the soap legend, who has been connected the amusement for 3 decades. Natalie, who joined the soap astatine property 10, expressed some sadness and excitement astir leaving to prosecute caller opportunities.

Known for her relation arsenic Bianca Jackson successful EastEnders, Patsy has paid tribute to her person arsenic she spoke astir their agelong friendship, recalling their aboriginal days unneurotic and mentioning Natalie's maturation and achievements.

Sharing a throwback drawback of them successful wedding dresses, Patsy captioned the post: "Needed to wage my respect to this pistillate @natcass1 . I person known Natalie for excessively galore years to adhd up. I started astatine The Anna Scher Theatre schoolhouse erstwhile I was 9.

"Natalie is 10 years younger truthful she astir apt started astir the aforesaid property immoderate 10 years later. She was a aged caput successful the cutest shoulders from time 1 and from that I time was her biggest protector.

“When we started @bbceastenders we started together. I would thrust from Bethnal Green to Islington each greeting to prime her up and bring her to enactment waved disconnected by Eve her beauteous mumma . Windows down we would sing and laughter and larn lines connected our fantastic travel together.”

Patsy added: "I person seen her turn into the astir fantastic pistillate implicit the years and truthful so brilliantly comic and present shes making definite I americium harmless and comfy erstwhile I americium present truthful acold distant from my household successful LA.

“She often gives maine a assistance nowadays from enactment to enactment with her making maine meal oregon to the edifice and I americium genuinely grateful to telephone her my Sister connected surface and disconnected screen. Without Anna Schers we wouldn’t person done the jobs we person done due to the fact that unluckily its pugnacious for girls similar america to person made thing of ourselves.

“I was determined to marque Natalie cognize that she could bash it and she has again and again! I’m arrogant of you and your work, your concern ventures and your beauteous family. Here’s to each of you girls that deliberation you won’t marque it !! When we changeable these scenes backmost successful the aboriginal 90’s 22 cardinal radical tuned successful to ticker !! truthful support dreaming . Don’t judge the lies we are present rooting for you. Go get em Nat I’ll beryllium watching.”

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