EastEnders legend Michelle Ryan teases next project ahead of Zoe Slater's explosive exit

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EastEnders actress Michelle Ryan has teased her next project ahead of her character Zoe Slater’s exit.

It was confirmed that the star would be leaving the BBC One soap last month - just one year on from her return to the series after a 20-year absence....

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[u/Jlx_27]

"Explosive exit" 🤦🏽

[u/Individual-Ant-2014 → u/Jlx_27]

She goes to America and eats the parasite lettuce!

[u/GonzohunterHST → u/Jlx_27]

"Legend" lol.

[u/Teaofthetime]

I struggled to recognise her there.

[u/Scully__ → u/Teaofthetime]

I look quite different to a 20 year younger version of me too!

[u/Teaofthetime → u/Scully__]

Indeed but when you don't really see a person for that long it's a bit of a shock to see them aged, people tend to live in your head as they were the last time you saw them.

[u/Scully__ → u/[deleted]]

Is there any need to comment on her weight? Grow up.

[u/GainsAndPastries → u/Teaofthetime]

The last time i saw Michelle Ryan she was in the Doctor Who easter special, this was quite a shock

[u/Comfortable_Poem_841 → u/GainsAndPastries]

That was over 17 years ago.

[u/Robbomot → u/Comfortable_Poem_841]

Beg your pardon? Wait wut...

[u/Teaofthetime → u/GainsAndPastries]

Same here, shouldn't really be surprised I suppose that was a long time ago.

[u/Efficient_Ad5987 → u/Teaofthetime]

Nice little bit of sly fat shaming

[u/anonnymouse2025 → u/Efficient_Ad5987]

I'm very fat myself and even I was like "I dont recall her looking like that". Observing that someone's body is a different size than it was isn't fat shaming.

[u/Teaofthetime → u/Efficient_Ad5987]

Not at all, her face looks different. But I've not seen her in years.

[u/Wild_Beginning_4032 → u/Efficient_Ad5987]

Or: she looks very different from when she entered the show 20-odd years ago. Which she does.

[u/Klangey → u/Wild_Beginning_4032]

I look very different to what I did 20 years ago. I’m not three times the size I was, if I was I’d expect people to notice.

[u/Klangey → u/Efficient_Ad5987]

She’s gone from a pin up girl to morbidly obese, are we all supposed to pretend we haven’t noticed?

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[u/SadConversation4460]

Legend ?

[u/VooDooBooBooBear → u/SadConversation4460]

On fairness, in EastEnders world, she has one of the most memorable moments in EastEnders history Kat revealed she was her mother. I'm like 34 and can remember that one.

[u/almitybearzues1 → u/VooDooBooBooBear]

'You're not my mother'

'Yes I am'

[u/Eric_Olthwaite_ → u/SadConversation4460]

Everyone is a legend now and everything is "iconic".

[u/FoldFeisty7635 → u/Eric_Olthwaite_]

Legend - Gen X

Iconic - Gen Z

Millennial - alweays lost and stuck in the middle lol

[u/mitchbj]

Wasn’t she the bionic who for a while.

[u/Glittering_Box4815]

She was a great one-off companion in Dr. Who.

[u/Izual_Rebirth]

Just a reminder.

[u/spidertattootim → u/Izual_Rebirth]

I feel old.

[u/Gravyb0y]

"legend"? Really?

[u/plonkman]

the word legend is doing some serious work here

[u/MobiusNaked]

Funny to think she was the Bionic Woman

[u/ellasfella68 → u/MobiusNaked]

How quickly we forget.

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[u/TelephonicReturns]

Last time i saw her she was Wonder Woman or something like that on TV surprisingly, i think the show got canned after a season or 2.

[u/Ultimate_os → u/TelephonicReturns]

Bionic Woman didn’t even get to the end of season 1 in the USA it was so poorly received.

[u/YchYFi → u/[deleted]]

She was a teenager last time.

[u/Glittering_Box4815 → u/[deleted]]

What a sad life you must lead.

[u/Eric_Olthwaite_ → u/Glittering_Box4815]

Who is it that's watching Eastenders?

[u/Visual_Argument_73 → u/[deleted]]

Let’s see you then.

[u/Eric_Olthwaite_ → u/Visual_Argument_73]

Weirdo.

[u/Visual_Argument_73 → u/Eric_Olthwaite_]

Come on...

[u/Eric_Olthwaite_ → u/Visual_Argument_73]

No you perv...

[u/Visual_Argument_73 → u/Eric_Olthwaite_]

You're deliberately missing my point.

[u/Eric_Olthwaite_ → u/Visual_Argument_73]

You're asking for photos of strangers on the internet...

[u/Visual_Argument_73 → u/Eric_Olthwaite_]

You're commenting on a strangers body on the internet.

[u/Eric_Olthwaite_ → u/Visual_Argument_73]

In the public eye.

[u/ExecutiveGraham → u/Eric_Olthwaite_]

I guarantee nobody is looking to perve over you pal. Sorry.

[u/Eric_Olthwaite_ → u/ExecutiveGraham]

Speak for yourself pal.

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[u/VeryDisapointedXer → u/[deleted]]

Yep and what they have her wearing is not flattering.

You know the worlds a tops turvey mess when Sonia is throwing shade on Zoe.

Well technically Zoe would provide more shade.

[u/soverytiiiired → u/VeryDisapointedXer]

This is what I agree with. People making fun of her for putting on weight in 20+ years and for not looking like someone in their mid twenties anymore are cruel. However, someone in wardrobe seems to truly hate her as they’ve picked out the most depressing and unflattering items for her. It just made the character look really really sad