EASTENDERS star Ricky Champ has left fans worried after announcing his decision to quit the social media platform X. Ricky, who is best known for playing Stuart Highway on the soap, has 31,400 followers on X, formerly Twitter. 4 EastEnders actor Ricky Champ has left fans concerned after he announced he was quitting X Credit: BBC 4 Ricky starred on EastEnders for 5 years but left in 2022 Credit: BBC 4 He was involved in many dramatic storylines during his years on the soap Credit: BBC He sends out tweets regularly about his career as well as personal musings.

But in a shock move, Ricky announced he would be quitting the platform. Giving fans advanced notice of his departure, he wrote: Hey guys..

. I’m deleting this account and coming off X. “You can still follow me on Instagram if you wish.

Big love!” he added. Fans were shocked by the post that seemingly came out of nowhere and flocked to the comments to offer Ricky their support. READ MORE ON EASTENDERS all change BBC chaos as tonight's EastEnders is UNCANCELLED after major blunder Three's a crowd Cindy Beale faced with three lovers at once in shock EastEnders spoilers “Will miss you fella,” one wrote.

While another commented: “Oh no hope you’re all good, see you on Instagram,” adding a smiley face emoji at the end. A third fan shared their best wishes to Ricky, writing: “Be lucky, Rick.” He has not yet posted anything on Instagram since announcing he was deleting X.

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