{"id":373324,"date":"2026-03-30T17:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/373324\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T17:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:40:10","slug":"eastenders-star-michelle-ryan-hits-back-at-claims-that-she-burned-her-soap-scripts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/373324\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders star Michelle Ryan hits back at claims that she burned her soap scripts"},"content":{"rendered":"

EastEnders<\/a> star Michelle Ryan has hit back at claims that she burned her scripts from the soap. The actor, who plays Zoe Slater<\/a>, reprised her role last year after a decade away<\/a> from Walford. <\/p>\n

A few months after her explosive return, Ryan shared a photo on social media<\/a> of a stack of papers, engulfed in flames. The papers were believed to have been scripts from the BBC show, fueling rumours that she was unhappy with her new storylines<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Taking to Instagram<\/a> on Friday, Ryan finally decided to set the record straight with regards to the “factually incorrect story”. She reiterated that the burned items were early drafts of her own work. <\/p>\n

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“On the 4th of January 2026 I posted an image of a small bucket with burning papers inside of it,” she wrote in the caption, alongside a photo of a plant. “The papers were as stated in the post ‘early drafts of scripts and notebooks’ that had I had written.
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“A story then ran claiming the scripts were property of the BBC. However actors employed on EastEnders<\/a> for the BBC are never given early drafts of any scripts. Whilst this is known internally, it is being shared externally for clarity.” <\/p>\n

The star concluded: “A script is sacrosanct to an actor and as a published writer myself it’s about respect.” <\/p>\n

Ryan received support from fans in the comment section who assured her that her original post was abundantly clear, and praised her for shutting down the false claims. <\/p>\n

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“Go champ! You needn’t justify yourself for anything but hats off to you for putting your foot down!” wrote one, with another adding: “Well said but I thought you made this perfectly clear when you posted the photo originally, Michelle.”<\/p>\n

A third said: “Thanks for clarifying! It’s good to set the record straight when misinformation is spread, especially concerning your work and professional integrity.” <\/p>\n

EastEnders airs on Mondays – Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer, where most episodes drop early at 6am ahead of their TV broadcast.<\/p>\n

Read more EastEnders spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

For exclusive soap star interviews, gossip, spoilers and theories every week, don’t miss the Soap Scoop podcast<\/a> from Inside Soap magazine. The latest episode<\/a> delves into next week’s soap spoilers for EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale – as Gary Windass battles Theo Silverton, and Kim Tate is rocked by a poisoning mystery!<\/p>\n