Danny Dyer has disclosed that a 'mad' storyline involving his character Mick Carter and Janine Butcher, played by Charlie Brooks, prompted his departure from EastEnders. Speaking on Sky's Smart TV, the 47-year-old actor said: 'Mick’s got a kid with Janine, how mad is that? That’s why I left, they f***ing put me with Janine, I thought I've got to f**k off.'
Dyer, who played the Queen Vic landlord for over eight years, left the BBC soap in 2022. His final plot saw Mick reunite with childhood love Linda Carter before a car chase with Janine that ended with all three plunging into the sea.
Since leaving the show, Dyer has invested in a family-owned caravan park in Kent, Priory Hill & Nutts Farm Holiday Park on the Isle of Sheppey. He has been seen doing odd jobs there, including mowing grass and working behind the bar, alongside his daughter Dani, 28.
Dyer told The Mirror: 'What you might not know about me is I love a caravan, and I love a caravan site. So, with my daughter Dani by my side, as the voice of reason, I'm taking charge of one. I’m chucking in a few quid, and will try and make the greatest of British holidays cool again.'
The venture is being filmed for a new Sky TV series, provisionally titled The Dyers' Caravan Park, produced by Expectation Television, the company behind Clarkson's Farm.
