Shona McGarty reveals real – and very honest reason – she quit EastEnders after 15 years

Shona is departing in the coming weeks (Picture: BBC/Metro.co.uk)EastEnders legend Shona McGarty has spoken out behind her reason to quit the soap after 15 years.The actress, 32, first joined the BBC One soap as Whitney Dean in 2008, as part of a revival of the Butcher/Jackson clan.
Whit’s decade and a half on Walford hasn’t been the smoothest, with the popular character being involved in some of the biggest storylines of all time, including her sexual abuse at the hands of Tony