Jamie Borthwick has confirmed that he won't be taking a break on EastEnders - and that he'll be toughing it out over the next few months on Strictly with his busy schedule. The actor , 30, has played character Jay Brown since 2006 - since he was around 12 years old. But he won't be leaving Albert Square in a black cab anytime soon and will follow in the footsteps of Scott Maslen , Kellie Bright and many other stars by dancing through the pain.
"I'm not taking a break no," he said. "I'm still there so I'm doing both shows but we're lucky - EastEnders is literally filmed across the road, there's not far to go and I've just budgeted that I'm going to be a bit N/A for the next however long. But again, I'm used to it all really, I've been doing it a long time so it's good, it's nothing scary.
" Asked if he had received any advice from his co-stars, he replied: "Scott Maslen did it back in 2010 I think - he just told me to eat everything, he was constantly eating all the time. So I'm taking that. But yeah, everyone who's done it has said it's just a fantastic experience and told me to just enjoy it , so I'm trying to enjoy every single second of it.
" It was only last year that Jamie took part in the Strictly Christmas special - but insists that he's forgotten everything he had been taught as training had only been two weeks long. "I'll be honest, it feels like so much has happened since then I've kind of forgotten everything," he said. "I'm hoping it'll be like riding a bike and tha.