Actress Charlie Brooks has given a fresh update on possible return to EastEnders.
Appearing on the Spooning with Mark Wogan podcast, the Dancing on Ice star opened up about her time on the show and even hinted that fans could see her return to the show in the future again.
Giving a cryptic seven-word response on whether we could ever see her famous character Janine return to the show in the future, she said: “I can never say it’s definitively closed, because I really enjoyed my time at EastEnders. It always feels like a bit of a home for me.”
Continuing to speak about the popular soap with fond feelings, she added: “I love the people there, I’ve made some really good friends over the years and and so, the beautiful thing about Janine is that you kind of always want to know what she’s up to so writers can really do anything and get away with it.”
Charlie is set to compete in Dancing on Ice this weekend -Credit:Dave J Hogan/Getty Images
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Charlie has appeared on EastEnders in four separate stints, last leaving the soap in 2022 when her character when Janine was jailed for five years for perverting the course of justice.
Asked whether there is anything she’d like to take from Janine Butcher’s personality, she continued: “I like to borrow sometimes from Janine. I wish I was as funny as her, she’s quite quick and she doesn’t give a f**** she sort of says what she thinks.”
As she is set to feature alongside a whole host of celebs in the latest addition of Dancing on Ice, it isn’t the first time that she has ventured into the world of reality television having finished 12th in I’m A Celebrity in 2012.
Making her debut on the show in 1999 as Janine Butcher the actress would feature prominently in some of the soap’s biggest storylines down the years. But having taken spells away from the show down the years, she last reprised her role as Janine in April 2021, but would depart the show again a year later.
Away from her acting career, Charlie is set to take to the ice tonight as she competes against a whole host of celebrities in a bid to pick up the top prize in this years Dancing on Ice.
Competing against the likes of Anton Ferdinand, Ferne McCann, Michaela Strachan, Sam Aston and Steve Redgrave, Dancing on Ice airs tonight (January 12) on ITV at 6.30pm.