After several months of debate over whether Stephen Lovatt (Max Hoyland) was set to leave Ramsay Street for good, Inside Soap has today confirmed that Max will be gone from UK screens by the spring. Back in July, it was reported that Stephen would be leaving to appear in the play The End Of The Golden Weather, but it was later revealed to be simply a two-month break and he returned to filming in September. But it now seems that return was only to tie up loose ends with the character he has portrayed since 2002.
UK viewers this week saw the beginning of the storyline that will take Max out of Erinsborough for his two-month break, as Elle takes a cruel revenge on him for the death of her brother, Cameron, causing Max to doubt his own sanity and walk out on his wife and baby son. But, believing that she will never see her husband again, Steph is all set to start a new relationship with her old friend, Toadie...
I think its good that Max is leaving he was getting a bit stale.
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