‘I’d written down a load of ideas for myself, I just had a whole new wardrobe done as well, they spent a lot of money on my new clothes, and I remember going up there walking past Ricky Norwood, Perry [Fenwick] a few others, and they were like joking about it, “Oh, [are you] off to go and get your P45, Matt?” I [jokingly] was like, “Oh, yeah”.
During an appearance on Simon Gross’ online series Get Gossy with Grossy: An EastEnders 40th Celebration podcast, the 35-year-old star recalled being given the news just minutes after making a joke about being handed his P45.
Former EastEnders star Matt Lapinskas has revealed he was dropped from the soap just moments after joking about losing his job with a co-star.
After leaving EastEnders, Matt went on to finish runner-up in the 2013 series of Dancing on Ice, where he was paired with professional skater Brianne Delcourt.
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