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EastEnders Ben Mitchell star breaks silence on exit with seven word comment
BBC EastEnders star Max Bowden has confirmed he's bowing out of the show where he has been playing Albert Square's local hardman Ben Mitchell for five years
Max has confirmed he what left his role as Ben Mitchell in EastEnders Read MoreRelated Articles Inside Emmerdale's Paddy and Mandy's 25 year romance after fairytale proposal Max added: "I really will never be able to thank everybody for the support enough, because the fans of the show are so passionate, caring, and invested and it enables us as actors to want to keep going and always be better; so I really do from the bottom of my heart appreciate every single person who has sent any sort of positivity my way over the last five years - I love you all." Since Ben’s birth in 1996, the character has been played by actors; Matthew Silver, Morgan Whittle, Charlie Jones, Joshua Pascoe, Harry Reid and of course, Max.
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