OHMYGOSSIP — Laila Morse is leaving ‘EastEnders’.
The 75-year-old actress has played Big Mo on the BBC soap since 2000 and is expected to depart screens in the spring but show bosses insist she will be back in the future.
An ‘EastEnders’ spokesperson told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: “Just like many occasions before, Big Mo will be departing Walford but as always she’ll no doubt be back in the not too distant future.”
Meanwhile, Maisie Smith – who plays Tiffany Butcher-Baker – previously revealed Laila’s co-stars call her Mo because she is so similar to her character.
Quizzed on which ‘EastEnders’ star is most like their character, Maisie said: “I am very much like my character Tiffany, so I am going to say me.
“There are so many things about us that are the same.
“Actually, no, it has to be Laila Morse – we literally all call her Mo.”
Zack Morris (Keegan Butcher-Baker) added: “I definitely agree with Laila.
Mo has become known for regularly delivering comedy one-liners in Albert Square, bringing some humour to the Slaters amid some of their darker storylines.
She was there with some comedy to lighten the mood last year when the Carters’ boat party on the River Thames was thrown into chaos when the vessel started to sink.
Referencing film ‘Titanic’, she blurted out: “Where’s Leonardo DiCaprio when you need him?”
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