Emmerdale's Adam Thomas 'set to leave the ITV soap for a £100,000 panto role after bosses refused to give him time off for the lucrative role'

He has been a fixture in Emmerdale for eight years, playing bad boy Adam Barton. 

But Adam Thomas's days on the soap may be numbered as TV insiders report he is quitting after bosses refused to give him time off for a £100,000 panto role.

The actor, 28, was allowed time off last year to appear in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! but sources say ITV chiefs were not keen to accommodate his panto part.

A source told The Sun newspaper that Adam heard from soap colleagues that pantos could be a lucrative side hustle. 

The soap community is quite a small one and Adam had heard from stars on other shows that doing a panto run is a great little earner.' 

But Emmerdale bosses were not thrilled at the prospect of writing around his absence, the insider continued. 

But ITV wasn't happy with him wanting to do both and said he had to choose.' 

Adam reportedly decided it was time to leave the soap set in the Yorkshire Dales but producers have not ruled out a return, the insider claimed. 

'It's a great payday for him and he's a popular character on Emmerdale, so the bosses had to let him make his decision in the hope he may come back in the future.'

The actor has appeared in the soap since 2009. In his most recent storyline, his character Adam Barton was told he would never be able to have children. 

In emotional scenes, Adam is told he has an extra chromosome which makes it impossible for him to have children with his wife Victoria Sugden, played by Isabel Hodgins. 

In spoiler news, Adam and Victoria's marriage will crumble after the diagnosis with Adam seeking support from his ex-girlfriend Vanessa Woodfield, played by Michelle Hardwick. 

MailOnline has reached out to Adam's representative and ITV for comment.

 

 

 

 

He has been a fixture in Emmerdale for eight years, playing bad boy Adam Barton. 

But Adam Thomas's days on the soap may be numbered as TV insiders report he is quitting after bosses refused to give him time off for a £100,000 panto role.

The actor, 28, was allowed time off last year to appear in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! but sources say ITV chiefs were not keen to accommodate his panto part.

A source told The Sun newspaper that Adam heard from soap colleagues that pantos could be a lucrative side hustle.
The soap community is quite a small one and Adam had heard from stars on other shows that doing a panto run is a great little earner.' 

But Emmerdale bosses were not thrilled at the prospect of writing around his absence, the insider continued. 

But ITV wasn't happy with him wanting to do both and said he had to choose.' 

Adam reportedly decided it was time to leave the soap set in the Yorkshire Dales but producers have not ruled out a return, the insider claimed. 

'It's a great payday for him and he's a popular character on Emmerdale, so the bosses had to let him make his decision in the hope he may come back in the future.'

The actor has appeared in the soap since 2009. In his most recent storyline, his character Adam Barton was told he would never be able to have children.