EASTENDERS fans are in panic mode after a fan-favourite character’s exit storyline is revealed.
Fans of the BBC soap fear the whole family could leave the Square.
Sean Slater stunned his sister by asking her to pack up and move to Brazil with him – but Stacey turns him down after failing to convince Lily to come with her.
But when old flame Max Branning makes a shock return to Walford, she begins to have second thoughts.
Now, fans are wondering whether Stacey’s decision could mean the entire Slater clan is set to bow out for good.
EastEnders viewers were left stunned when they revealed that Max and Zoe Slater knew each other.
Kat warns Zoe to stay away from him, but will she listen?
Meanwhile, after Lily decides she doesn’t want to move to Brazil, Stacey also decides to stay put.
But later, Lily regrets her decision and reconsiders Sean’s offer.
Jean and the rest of the Slater family are devastated that Stacey is thinking about leaving.
Could they all be tempted to move?
Bosses confirmed Lacey Turner will be exiting the show after 21 years, but promised that there is “plenty of more drama” to come before she leaves.
Lacey told the Sun earlier this year: “It’s time for myself and Stacey to take a rest and who knows what Stacey will get up to in her time away?”
She then teased: “Knowing Stacey, it will never be boring.”
Bosses also teased that Stacey would return in the future, adding that those behind the show will look forward to “planning [her] return” when Lacey “decides the time is right”.
EastEnders airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7:30pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
