EastEnders star Juhaim Rasul Choudhury has responded to Nugget’s steroids storyline on the soap.

The teenager has recently turned to steroids following Denzel Danes’s dependency on them and amid his guilt after attempting to kiss Amy Mitchell.

Taking to Instagram yesterday (May 22), Juhaim encouraged followers to “be confident in your body” amid his character’s body image issues.

“Tonight Davinder ‘Nugget’ Gulati took anabolic steroids due to how he feels about his body,” he wrote. “There are so many people, especially teenagers, who feel insecure about their body image and take drastic measures to change their body.

“Please try to be confident in your body and understand the beauty of it. You are beautiful. We are beautiful.”

The actor has received a lot of praise in the comments for his words, one writing: “Such an important message. There is much more in making you who you are, not just body shape.

“Be proud of you, not just see what you could or may not ever be able to achieve. Thank you Eastenders for tackling this tricky issue and the dangers of Anabolic steroids.”

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“U portrayed it so well I’m so happy this kinda stuff is getting aired people need to hear it,” another added.

In other EastEnders news, star Shona McGarty has shared an emotional message ahead of her exit from the show as Whitney Dean.

“It has been really emotional, and I just want to say thank you for everyone who has ever supported Whitney ever, or even if you didn’t and gave me a hate comment. You know,” she said.

“I’m really excited for my future and for EastEnders‘ future too. It is at the heart of the nation.”