{"id":25761,"date":"2022-11-14T11:31:37","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T10:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1737512"},"modified":"2022-11-14T12:11:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T11:11:42","slug":"when-does-dotty-cotton-leave-eastenders-milly-zero-exit-explained","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/when-does-dotty-cotton-leave-eastenders-milly-zero-exit-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"When does Dotty Cotton leave EastEnders? Milly Zero exit explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Laura Denby\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 14 November 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Another exit looms for <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">EastEnders<\/a>, as Dotty Cotton star Milly Zero has announced her decision to leave the BBC soap after three years in the role.<\/p>\n<p>The granddaughter of Dot Branning (June Brown), Dotty returned to Albert Square in 2019 and quickly began to cause drama. Her most memorable storylines have included blackmailing Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) over his part in the death of Denny Rickman (Bleu Landau) and enlisting uncle Rocky Cotton (Brian Conley) to con Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy) in order to win back her inheritance.<\/p>\n<p>Dotty also had a fling with married Keegan Butcher-Baker (Zack Morris) and struggled to cope with her mum Sandy Gibson\u2019s (Martha Cope) spiralling behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Now, just as the residents of Walford are set to learn that their beloved Dot has passed away, they\u2019ll be bidding farewell to Dotty, too. But how and when will the character bow out?<\/p>\n<p>Read on as we look into the latest EastEnders exit.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>When does Dotty leave EastEnders?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;und&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">???? <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/whjigEpy6q&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/whjigEpy6q<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Milly Zero (@millyzero) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/millyzero\/status\/1591737964299800577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">November 13, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Star Zero confirmed the news of her exit on Instagram on Twitter, and it has also been revealed that she has already filmed her final scenes. We know that <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-dot-funeral-when\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">the cast were shooting Dot\u2019s funeral<\/a> recently too, so could Dotty\u2019s departure coincide with this?<\/p>\n<p>Either way, it seems we\u2019ll be saying goodbye to Dotty before the end of the year \u2013 and viewers will have to tune in to find out exactly when this will be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter three and a half years, I have decided my journey with the icon that is Dotty Cotton has come to an end,\u201d the actress explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;&quot;\">\u201cI can\u2019t tell you how life changing and incredible my time at EastEnders has been, and how much I am going to miss it, but I am ready for new challenges now. Thank you to everyone that made it so special, I have made friends for life, learnt huge amounts and made memories to last a lifetime.\u201d<\/p> <h2><strong>How will Dotty exit?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/04\/20081974-low_res-eastenders-january-march-2020-cf92e10.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;crop=17px%2C10px%2C1966px%2C1310px&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/04\/20081974-low_res-eastenders-january-march-2020-cf92e10.jpg?quality=90&amp;crop=17px%2C10px%2C1966px%2C1310px&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source 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class=\"&quot;wp-image-775593\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/04\/20081974-low_res-eastenders-january-march-2020-cf92e10.jpg?quality=90&amp;crop=17px%2C10px%2C1966px%2C1310px&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Millie Zero as Dotty Cotton in EastEnders.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Well, Zero has offered a brief hint at the nature of her last moments on the show. \u201cI can\u2019t wait for you all to watch her exit, she goes out with a bang!\u201d she teased in her statement.<\/p>\n<p>But what could this mean? Will Dotty be leaving dead or alive? \u201cOut with a bang\u201d could quite literally mean anything in the world of soap, so her departure could be explosive enough to end the character\u2019s life, or we could simply find that Dotty leaves a trail of destruction in her wake as she starts a new journey.<\/p>\n<p>Will she commit one final devious act before she goes, or might her vulnerable side be on show as she mourns her grandma?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps her mother will return in Dotty\u2019s time of need, having began recovery from her addiction. Dotty may well head off to be with Sandy, feeling that there\u2019s nothing left for her in Walford.<\/p>\n<p>With EastEnders set to air Dotty\u2019s final scenes in the coming weeks, we\u2019ll reveal more details here when they come in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-dot-funeral-when\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">When is Dot\u2019s funeral on EastEnders? 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