The actress took a break from her Stacey Slater role, with the character heading off to Brazil with her children to work in brother Sean's (Robert Kazinsky) bar.
The departure has allowed Turner to explore new projects – including a current stint in the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom alongside professional dancer Vito Coppola.
Now, upon the release of Gold Dust: My Life (So Far) with the Women Who Shaped Me, she's detailed the reasoning behind her Albert Square exit and explains that it stemmed from news that co-star James Bye would be bowing out during the soap opera's 40th anniversary celebrations.
In an excerpt from the audiobook of her life story, Turner reveals: “When bosses told me they were going to kill off Martin Fowler in the 40th anniversary episode in 2025, I needed Steve McFadden’s advice about making whatever is on the page work more than ever.
“They’d made their minds up and it was no good," she continues, after added that she'd tried to explore other avenues with the drama's producers.
Turner added that she only found out about Martin's death in advance because she'd fallen pregnant, and her due date was "scarily close" to the live episode that was planned to mark the milestone. She agreed to return just two weeks after giving birth.
"What I couldn’t be sure of was how Stacey would survive in Walford without Martin.
"And I didn’t know how I’d survive there without James. I started to wonder if now might be the right time for me to step away too.
She adds: “The more I thought about it, the more I realised I needed some real time out and I loved the idea of taking my foot off the gas and being with my family for a while. So I told them I wanted to go too.”
But will Stacey ever return? There's certainly the option now that Sean has come back from Brazil.
“She’d run out of things to go through. There’s only so much s**t one person can suffer before you think it’s time to stop. I don’t know what the future holds… I hope it’s not the end for Stacey.”
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