Jame Borthwick, who plays Jay Brown, has announced his shock exit from the BBC soap in a now-deleted Instagram post.

The EastEnders actor has been at the forefront of some of the soap's biggest storylines recently, with the tragic death of his on-screen wife Lola Pearce Brown reports the Mirror.

Now, it seems like Jamie will also be leaving Albert Square if Jamie's Instagram story is anything to go by.

He took to Instagram on Wednesday in a now-deleted post on his story where he shared a young photo of himself and paid tribute to his character. In the post, he wrote: "RIP Jay, gonna miss you lad. We had a laugh didn't we."

Jay was involved in a potentially lethal car crash in scenes aired on Wednesday night.

Jay has been struggling with grief in the aftermath of wife Lola Pearce-Brown's death, turning to drugs

Now, it seems Jamie has confirmed Jay will die in the heartbreaking scenes, with Billy, Ben and Callum left terrified by a potential loss.

Jay's fate is currently unknown but it looks like he could meet his demise.

Jamie previously revealed his co-star who plays Nadine worried about stepping on Danielle Harold's toes.

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Speaking to the Mirror at the Pride of Britain Awards, Jamie said: "It's my favourite one, that. It was just a reaction.

"I just thought, 'Oh that's a good one they wanna jump on, I like that'. That's been a laugh. Jazzy who's come in and played Nadine – do you know what the best thing about that is she was so aware of Danielle's space. She was like, 'Oh I really don't want to be treading on anyone's toes here and I'm really aware that you've worked together for so long and you've got your little routine I really don't want to get in her space'. I just thought that was great from her and she was fantastic, she was blinding."

Speaking about the scenes with Jazzy, who plays Nadine, he also added: "It was such a big thing with Danielle for her [Jazz] and for her to come in off the back of that, she was a bit like rabbit in the headlights kind of thing and I was like, 'no, no, no you're coming with me I'm looking after you and we're doing it and she was great, she really was."

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