{"id":36691,"date":"2023-09-11T11:57:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T09:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1887050"},"modified":"2023-09-11T12:42:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T10:42:12","slug":"eastenders-star-bobby-brazier-confirms-break-from-soap-for-strictly","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/eastenders-star-bobby-brazier-confirms-break-from-soap-for-strictly\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders star Bobby Brazier confirms break from soap for Strictly"},"content":{"rendered":"

He has already filmed his exit scenes. <\/p>

By Katelyn Mensah\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 11 September 2023 at 09:57 AM<\/p>

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EastEnders star Bobby Brazier<\/a> has confirmed he will be taking a break from the BBC<\/a> One soap ahead of his appearance on Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> 2023.<\/p>\n

Brazier joined the show in 2022 as Freddie Slater, the son of Little Mo. The actor will now be taking a break from the role to take part in Strictly \u2013 and has even filmed his exit scenes.<\/p>\n

Speaking to RadioTimes.com<\/a>\u00a0and other press, Brazier said: \u201cI\u2019m taking a break. I\u2019ve filmed it all, and I\u2019m not telling you. I\u2019ll be back.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The EastEnders actor has said he will be dedicating a dance to his mother<\/a>, Jade Goody, who died in 2009.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the MailOnline<\/a> following his National Television Rising Star award win, Brazier revealed which song he would like to dance to when the show begins later this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a few \u2013 it depends on the mood. Saturday Love and also This Woman\u2019s Worth by Maxwell \u2013 that would be beautiful, I\u2019d hope to make people cry doing that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe I\u2019ll dedicate that one [to my mum]. I haven\u2019t thought about it, but maybe that one.\u201d<\/p>

The actor also revealed to RadioTimes.com<\/a> some of the dances he is looking forward to on Strictly Come Dancing 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cI keep saying the sexy ones,\u201d he joked, continuing, \u201cBy that I mean the hips and the shoulders.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Strictly line-up have already begun training for the show, with Brazier saying it felt \u201clike speed dating\u201d in an Instagram<\/a> story.<\/p>\n

In the story, he said: \u201cYesterday it was like speed dating \u2013 speed dancing, I\u2019m gonna call it. We learnt a routine and stuff, met all the pros and the cast, everyone\u2019s lovely.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dancers are just the fittest people you\u2019ve ever met in your life. It\u2019s crazy, they\u2019re just so sexy and fierce and powerful.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, yeah, danced with everyone, met all the cast, there\u2019s some really funny, great people who I get along with straight away. Blessed, man. Learnt a routine, as I\u2019ve said.\u201d<\/p>\n

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