Adam Thomas has quit 'Emmerdale'.
Adam Thomas
The 28-year-old actor has played Adam Barton on the popular ITV soap for eight years, but has stepped down from his role as it's thought he wants to host his own television show.
A source said: "Adam's had a great time but he's spent eight years in the Dales and thinks the time is right."
The decision reportedly hasn't come as good news for the bosses of the soap either, as his recent stint on reality show 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' - in which he made it to the final and finished in third place - had made him "recognisable".
The insider added to The Sun newspaper: "It's a headache for bosses as he's a recognisable face, especially after 'I'm A Celebrity.'"
Adam - whose brother Ryan Thomas was formerly a star on rival soap 'Coronation Street' - joined the Dales in 2009, and has had several dramatic storylines since.
Most notably, his character was seen suffering a breakdown and committing arson after John Barton, the man he believed to be his father, died.
His character was also involved in a plot which had him mistakenly believe he had fathered Luca, the son of Vanessa Woodfield (played by Michelle Hardwick), after Rakesh Kotecha (Pasha Bocarie) - who is the father of Luca's biological father Kirin (Adam Fielding) - doctored the DNA test results.
Earlier this year, Barton's half sister Holly (Sophie Powles) and his biological father James (Bill Ward) were both killed off within a month of each other.
Sources for the soap report that Adam will be written out of the show by late 2017.