EASTENDERS has aired an emotional exit for Ruby Allen just six months after she returned to the show.
The mum – who is played by actress in the BBC soap – decided to leave after boyfriend .
In emotional scenes after she was blamed for Martin’s stall being set on fire, Ruby decided to leave Walford for good.
Visiting Martin’s grave for a last goodbye, Ruby prepared to disappear having sold the fruit and veg stall back to Ian.
But as she went to leave Stacey arrived and asked her to stay.
Declining, Ruby told her to let people blame her for Martin’s stall and let Lily get away with it.
Ruby handed over a plaque she’d had made paying so he wouldn’t be forgotten and she asked Stacey to make sure it was put up somewhere in the Square.
“Goodbye ,”; she said. “I’m going to miss you.”;
With that she walked out of Walford forever with son Roman.
Actress after her comeback last year.
Speaking to Flying Eze, she confirmed her stint is now over – but is hoping for a return in future.
“I left a couple of weeks ago,”; she said.
“I was only back for six months, to tie in with the 40th and Martin’s exit.
“It’s always good to come and go and I never see it as a big thing when I leave because I can be back again!
“It’s all been left open.”;
Louisa was speaking at an event to launch the Pinner Telephone Kiosk Library and careers hub in .
She first appeared on the soap in 2005 as the daughter of feared gangster Johnny Allen.
The actress stayed for a year before Johnny was killed off, leaving Ruby with his vast fortune and criminal enterprise.
She returned in 2018 having run into ex best pal Stacey Slater, and quickly re-establishing herself in Walford.
In 2021, Ruby left after being framed for a drugs crime and went to prison pregnant with Martin Fowler’s son.
It was only late last year that Martin discovered he had a son after Sharon Watts discovered the truth.
