Vicki Michelle hints at EastEnders return a year after Jo Cotton’s and Brian Conley’s soap exits that changed storylines

I'M A CELEB'S Vicki Michelle has hinted astatine an EastEnders instrumentality a twelvemonth aft she and costar Brian Conley exited the soap.

Comedian Brian played Tom, aka 'Rocky' Cotton, but erstwhile helium wanted to leave, scriptwriters had to alteration the storyline — efficaciously penning retired his wife, Jo Cotton, played by Vicki.

Speaking to The Sun connected behalf of Slotcalendar, she said: "I deliberation the storyline changed due to the fact that Brian [Conley] wanted to leave, you know, truthful I don't deliberation helium was going to permission astatine the beginning.

"And past I deliberation determination was some, I don't know, thing other came up.

"And truthful helium decided to bash that instead. So the storyline astir apt would person gone on, but I inactive deliberation she's a bully character, and you've inactive got that happening betwixt her and Gilly.

"So I think, you know, they tin bring you backmost if you're a bully character. She could travel back."

Rocky is Charlie and Dot Cotton's son, Sonia's father, and Jo Cotton's (Michelle's) husband.

Jo appears dramatically arsenic Rocky's long-suffering woman of 25 years, whom helium ne'er talks astir referring to arsenic his erstwhile fiance.

Still, erstwhile Kathy Beale begins readying their wedding, helium reveals to Sonia Fowler that helium is already married.

Riess Colewell and Tom way her down with the intent that Rocky divorce her. Tom comes cleanable to Kathy, who calls the full happening off.

Freddie Slater finds her unbeknownst, and she turns up connected Kathy's doorstep.

Rocky near the soap dramatically aft his quality was arrested and sentenced to 10 years successful prison for an insurance scam.

Brian is simply a well-known comedian, singer, and actor.

He hosts The Brian Conley Show and has presented the Royal Variety Performance connected 8 occasions.

As good arsenic Eastenders' helium has starred successful Time After Time and The Grimleys.

He besides has had an illustrious West End career, playing the pb relation successful Me and My Girl, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Hairspray, Oliver, The Musi Man, Barnum and Jolson - for which helium was nominated for a Laurence Olivier award.

As a musician, helium has released 5 albums.

Before Eastenders, Vicki was Yvette Carte Blanc successful Allo Allo! and was Patricia Foster successful Emmerdale.

In 2014 she appeared connected I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.