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Visage · 06-01-2011, 01:29 AM

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EASTENDERS star Samantha Womack has quit the show over its heavily-criticised cot death storyline.
Sam, 38, was horrified by heartbreaking scenes in the BBC1 soap where her character Ronnie Branning lost her baby James - then swapped him for Kat Moon's newborn lad Tommy.

Samantha decided to quit EastEnders after viewing its shock cot death storyline "as a mother first and an actress second", it emerged last night.

Locke. · 06-01-2011, 01:29 AM

Great news

Kerry · 06-01-2011, 01:30 AM

Glad someone took a stand. Ridiculous story

bbfan1991 · 06-01-2011, 01:33 AM

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Glad someone took a stand. Ridiculous story

Tbh I don't actually believe it was just over that storyline, there were rumours before that she would quit once her current contract was over because it's obvious that playing Ronnie is exhausting and think she wants to spend more time with family, do other roles etc.

It's safe for Maggie O'Neill to come back now as Suzy because her and Sam had a big bust up and disliked each other

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Iceman · 06-01-2011, 01:30 AM

bbfan1991 · 06-01-2011, 01:31 AM

I'm gonna miss Sam and Ronnie on the show.

Kerry · 06-01-2011, 01:32 AM

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I'm gonna miss Sam and Ronnie on the show.

She never smiled though.

Mind you, does anyone on that square.....

seanraff07 · 06-01-2011, 01:33 AM

Good, the storyline was ridiculous, depressing and far too unrealistic.

Corrie pisses all over Eastenders at the moment.

Patrick · 06-01-2011, 01:50 AM

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Corrie pisses all over Eastenders at the moment.

Why? Because EastEnders isn't afraid to take risks and doesn't give a ****** about complaints?

What's Corrie got going for it?

The Tram Crash was forgotten within a week, Charlotte's parents are still stalking John as if he's a saint, Tracey is back on the street - Wooah! Biggest Bitch in Soap Land [have you meet janine butcher?] and, what else is happening?

Oh and... there's two hot teenaged Lesbians.....

Yeah you're right Corrie does piss over EastEnders at the moment, for that reason.

Stu · 06-01-2011, 01:32 AM

I only dip into EastEnders every now and then but unfortunately I did manage to catch that episode and it was just soul destroying stuff.

Stupid bloody storyline. The current crew of writers need to make us care for the characters and feel their joy. Not just lampoon the viewer with one devestation after another.

It was a step too far.

Iceman · 06-01-2011, 01:33 AM

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I only dip into EastEnders every now and then but unfortunately I did manage to catch that episode and it was just soul destroying stuff.

Stupid bloody storyline. The current crew of writers need to make us care for the characters and feel their joy. Not just lampoon the viewer with one devestation after another.

It was a step too far.

Have to say i tried defending this the other day and couldnt it was just too much, I mean the scenes were very harsh for pre watershed stuff....I know quite a few people who have turned off....

Kerry · 06-01-2011, 01:36 AM

EE has always been far fetched but no... not this. Stupid stupid stupid

Kerry · 06-01-2011, 01:37 AM

She was still under contract Patrick. It's not as simple as that

Patrick · 06-01-2011, 01:39 AM

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She was still under contract Patrick. It's not as simple as that

And?

She's still under contract now but still quit.

Here it is in a simple form:

She filmed the scenes without a problem, seen the massive blacklash the storyline got and sh*t herself so quit the show.

Kerry · 06-01-2011, 01:40 AM

Didn't she have two miscarriages? (at least) all in the space of about 3 weeks. I thought that was crazy enough.... how often does she flippin' ovulate?!

Patrick · 06-01-2011, 01:40 AM

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EE has always been far fetched but no... not this. Stupid stupid stupid

Don't watch then.

bbfan1991 · 06-01-2011, 01:36 AM

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Have to say i tried defending this the other day and couldnt it was just too much, I mean the scenes were very harsh for pre watershed stuff....I know quite a few people who have turned off....

The complaints are so far near 4,000 and not near the 9-10 million viewers EE gets, yes fair enough people are entitled to complain but OFCOM can't do anything because it's been aired and can't just force them to scrap the storyline as if it didn't happen. Some of those people might still be watching tbh...

Ramsay · 06-01-2011, 01:37 AM

No surprise there

Iceman · 06-01-2011, 01:38 AM

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The complaints are so far near 4,000 and not near the 9-10 million viewers EE gets, yes fair enough people are entitled to complain but OFCOM can't do anything because it's been aired and can't just force them to scrap the storyline as if it didn't happen. Some of those people might still be watching tbh...

I'm not saying that the complaints will have any affect on the show, just that the storyline was too harsh....I mean a woman who has lost her daughter, miscarried then lost a baby to cot death all in what 18 months? She loses her baby to cot death then just spur of the moment decies to snatch another baby......

bbfan1991 · 06-01-2011, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Iceman

I'm not saying that the complaints will have any affect on the show, just that the storyline was too harsh....I mean a woman who has lost her daughter, miscarried then lost a baby to cot death all in what 18 months? She loses her baby to cot death then just spur of the moment decies to snatch another baby......

Ronnie has always been disturbed, mentally ill I mean the producers haven't allowed her to be happy, there was the Archie/Danielle thing and then the business with Jack getting Roxy pregnant, Penny/Richard.

I can understand that she's erratic and has done something on the spur of the moment without thinking of the consequences, she did try to put him back but by then it was too late and she hasn't exactly bonded with Kat's baby either. The storyline is meant to be about Ronnie's desire to have a child and how that keeps being taken away from her...

Angus · 06-01-2011, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Iceman

I'm not saying that the complaints will have any affect on the show, just that the storyline was too harsh....I mean a woman who has lost her daughter, miscarried then lost a baby to cot death all in what 18 months? She loses her baby to cot death then just spur of the moment decies to snatch another baby......

Exactly! If anything like that had happened to me the very last thing I would want is someone else's baby, and to not be screaming the place down the minute you realise your baby is dead is totally unrealistic and unbelievable - but that's soapland for you! Never mind the fact that several people saw baby Moon yet no-one noticed the dead baby was different in any way - never mind the club foot and probable different birth weights etc.