EASTENDERS fans are holding out hope of Ricky Norwood returning to the series as Fatboy, after a video ‘gave away’ he was already back. In an unsurfaced Instagram video reposted by a fan, Jamie Borthwick, who plays Jay Brown on the soap, was seen having a right ol’ knees up down the pub with some of his Eastenders cast mates. Ricky - who left the soap in 2015 - was seen close and dancing with Natalie Cassidy, who plays Sonia, and together with Jamie they started singing Craig David classic Rewind (When the Crowd Say Bo Selecta) to the camera.
A secondary video showed Shona McGarty (Whitney) cuddling up to Jamie for another 90s dance banger, Show Me Love, before he panned to Ellie Dadd (Amy) and Colin Salmon (George), who joined the show last year. But it was Ricky’s presence which piqued peoples’ interest the most - with some convinced it could be a sign that he’s somehow making his return to the Square. As the video was posted to TikTok on a fan account, fans started debating what his appearance on the night out could mean.
"Didn't fatboy get killed off about 10 years ago? have they resurrected his character?" one noted, prompting the response, "You didn't see him actually get killed it was just rumoured." "If they can bring back Cindy Beale back from the dead then they can bring back Fatboy," said a third. "Thing is, why is fatboy here in this video if he’s not back in enders ??"noted a fourth.
Fans have been desperate to see Fatboy - real name Arthur Chubb - .
