Lacey Turner has opened up about the real reasons behind her decision to step away from EastEnders, revealing that the decision to kill off Martin Fowler played a huge part.
In her new autobiography, Gold Dust, the Stacey Slater actress reveals she was devastated when bosses decided Martin had to die during the soap’s 40th anniversary celebrations.
Lacey admits she repeatedly begged producers to find another way to keep Martin alive, but her pleas were unsuccessful.
With James Bye leaving the show, Natalie Cassidy also departing and Martin’s shock death leaving Stacey’s story in a difficult place, Lacey began questioning her own future in Walford.
She eventually decided it was time to walk away and spend more time with her family.
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