00:00I actually thought the reason that you left EastEnders in 2015 because they
00:04wanted Nick to be gay. No, this was back in the 1980s, not when Nick left. So whoever
00:10wrote that can rescind it immediately. A rumour was going around the studio that
00:14were gonna make Nick Cottenant and Lofty a gay couple. We'd been in the show two
00:18or three years, we weren't gay in any way. I know that. And in fact Nick used to
00:22bully Lofty. So lovable Lofty, nasty Nick, we're gonna become a gay couple. A couple
00:27shack up together just out of the blue. It was like, what's that all about?
00:30Was that the writers? Was that the execs? I don't know. I mean, maybe Julia and
00:34Tony came up with this idea. I don't know. So I heard this rumour going round and I
00:39went to Julia in the restaurant. I said, I've heard this rumour going round, Julia,
00:42that you're gonna make Nick and Lofty a gay couple. To be honest, I don't
00:46think it's a very good idea because they were never gay in the first place.
00:49What did she say? She turned to her scriptwriter and said, write him out.
00:57What's that?
00:57What?
00:59How am I going to have to write this rumour?
01:03So that I took care now.
01:04He'll give you the gentleman, Dr.
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