EastEnders legend Jamie Borthwick hints he could be leaving soap after Lola death
19.06.2023 - 10:19
/ ok.co.uk
EastEnders favourite Jamie Borthwick has dropped a major hint that he is set to exit the soap following Lola Pearce's death storyline. Jamie, 28, has starred on the BBC One soap for 17 years after joining as Jay Brown aged just 11, but he has now suggested his time on the show could be coming to an end.
Talking to the Daily Star, Jamie claimed "I'm leaving next year" and then hinted at what his exit storyline could be, suggesting he doesn't want to wave goodbye to Walford from the back of a taxi. He said: "Well I can’t do any better than hers (Danielle Harold), can I? So fine, kill me off." Lola (Danielle Harold), the love of Jay's life, was killed off in a tragic brain cancer storyline that had EastEnders fans weeping as the couple tried to make memories during the final weeks of her life.
As Jay said goodbye to Lola in her heartbreaking death scenes, he spoke an emotional monologue where he told Lola that they would live on with himself as a rat and her as a fox. Later, after her death, the episode ended with a clip of a fox leaving Albert Square, and Jamie confessed he would love for his last scene to be Jay represented as a rat.
The actor said: "I will sacrifice never coming back to EastEnders again just so we can have a fox and a rat rummaging through the bins as my final clip. "I would sacrifice that for this soap, that’s how giving I am.
Kill me off just for that, I don’t need to work ever again just for that, for that one scene." But Danielle wasn't as keen on the plan, saying that Jamie couldn't possibly leave the soap because Jay needs to stick around and keep his promise to look after Lola's young daughter, Lexi. As for what Jamie could do next if he did leave his long-running soap role, he already has a plan
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