EASTENDERS' June Brown was said to have left the soap as she "wasn't getting storylines and didn't like the new Dotty," claims John Altman.
The 93-year-old soap star quit her role as chain-smoking hypochondriac Dot Cotton after playing her for 35 years in February.
And now, former co-star John - who once played Dot's bad boy son Nick - has revealed the real reason behind her departure. Speaking to the Sun's TV Mag, John, 68, admitted: "I spoke to her obviously but 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 and number two I don’t think she was getting the best of storylines.
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