Fans of Dot Cotton were shocked to learn earlier this year that actor June Brown had left EastEnders with no plans to return in the future.
Close friend John Altman, who also played on-screen son Nick Cotton, has revealed the real reason June refused to return to the soap.
Speaking to The Sun, John said: "I spoke to her obviously [and] I don't want to quote her but I think generally, bless her heart, she's 93 number one, so she does get very tired these days,"
"Number two I don't think she was getting the best of storylines."
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John continued: "She's very much a die hard professional in the business and she wasn't getting quite what she was… she wasn't very impressed by some of the writing she was getting."
Dotty Cotton recently returned to Walford, this time played by Milly Zero, but he claims June would have preferred the original actor to return and play the part: "It was a great shame that Molly Conlin wasn’t brought back as Dotty as well,"
"I don’t think she was very happy about that. And nor was I, actually, I didn't understand why, when they had the original actress who'd grown up, they hadn't brought her back, but that's up to the BBC.
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"I think all those things [I've] mentioned – tired, not delighted with the storylines and a different Dotty. She just wasn't happy anymore so she had to decide to leave, which is a shame."
Apparently EastEnders did contact the original Dotty Cotton actor Molly Conlin, but the soap wanted to go with an older actor.
EastEnders returns on Monday 27th April on BBC One.
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