Adam Woodyatt may not return to 'EastEnders' until "2022 at the earliest".
Adam Woodyatt as Ian Beale
The 52-year-old actor is currently on a break from playing bumbling businessman Ian Beale to star in theatre production 'Looking Good Dead', and he admitted the tour may still be on early next year - as a result of a coronavirus pandemic delay - so he may not step foot in Walford again for at least six months.
Quizzed on his Albert Square return, he said: "I don’t know. The tour runs until the end of October, my daughter is then getting married in America.
"There is a possibility the tour will carry on until early next year, so if the tour carries on I won’t be back in 'EastEnders' until 2022 at the earliest."
Adam - who has played Ian since the soap began in 1985 - has been living in a motor home ahead of touring around the country with the stage production, an adaptation of Peter James' best-selling novel, because he isn't a fan of staying in hotels.
Speaking on 'The One Show', he added: "Because I've been doing this theatre tour, I didn't want to stay in hotels, I'm not a great fan of it.
"I've got friends who spend a lot of time on the road and I just thought, 'I'm gonna get a motor home. I can drive all over the country.' "
Adam recently admitted he has been "having a ball" on his break from the soap ahead of the start of tour, which was due to begin in January but was delayed until July due to COVID.
He said: "I am loving my break, I’m having a ball.
"I’m getting ready for the tour which was supposed to have started in January, then it was supposed to start in April and then it was supposed to start in June - it keeps getting knocked back."
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