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EastEnders fans have called out a 'rushed' Stacey Slater storyline ahead of Lacey Turner's exit from the BBC soap.

It was confirmed during the summer that Lacey is taking a break from the iconic role she’s played since back in 2004.

Known for never mincing her words and the tragic deaths of her husbands, Stacey is one of the most popular characters in the modern era of EastEnders.

Winning six British Soap Awards and four National Television Awards for her performance, Lacey has starred in nearly 2,000 episodes of the programme.

While fans have known for months that they’d be saying goodbye to Stacey, her exit storyline has only begun to take shape in the last week.

Stacey has her tickets booked to move to Brazil after her brother Sean Slater, who runs a restauran

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