Rita Simons has claimed she loves the trauma of EastEnders.
Rita's co-star Samantha Womack - who played her sister Ronnie Mitchell - reportedly left the soap because she found it exhausting acting stressed and miserable all the time. But Rita, who plays party-loving Roxy, told the Daily Express she enjoys the gritty storylines.
The 34-year-old actress said: "That's not the reason why Samantha left the show, but she needed a break from Ronnie as it was hard for her to come in every day and cry and scream, dealing with death and rape.
"I didn't have it as bad as her - I get to play a drunk slapper!
"I'm getting my fair bit of trauma now but I love it. Pile the trauma on me."


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