Jack Ryder tells of EastEnders 'lies and jealousy'

Jack Ryder says he'll never watch EastEnders again after falling out with bosses over the demise of his character Jamie Mitchell.

He says producers of the BBC1 soap lied to him, played mind games and tried to control his life.

And he claims the rest of the cast are jealous of the huge storylines constantly handed out to the Slater family.

"The producers treat people like s**t and try to control your life," he told the News Of The World.

"They're all fine with you while you're flavour of the month, but as soon as they stop liking you they make your life hell.

"They play mind games with you. One executive actually told me the only reason my mum was interested in me was because of wealth and fame. I was speechless.

"I never really spoke to Jessie Wallace, who plays Kat Slater, or any of the other Slaters. I didn't like them. They all wanted the limelight and you could see what they were trying to do. They were a nightmare between scenes, gossiping all the time. They think they're better than the other cast members."

He added: "When the final version was completed it was very emotional. I was never going to play Jamie opposite my only friends on the set again - Steve McFadden, Babs Windsor, Dean Gaffney and Natalie Cassidy.

"Usually, when you filmed your last scenes, one of the executives would come and say a few words, but none of them did.

"I couldn't care less what happens to the other actors, they were just people I had to work with. And now that I've left I'll never watch EastEnders again."