Jacqueline was last seen on the soap in 2018 after her character was dramatically left to start a new life in New Zealand.
When she left the soap, Jacqueline said she quit to concentrate on being a mum to her two children, Ella, seven, and Mia, four, and described how difficult life became financially.
At that time she said: “There is no such thing as maternity pay, so when I had kids I had to leave and do magazine covers to make money.”
She revealed she had to sell her house when the money stopped coming in and told the podcast she found it hard to juggle life on the soap with a young family.
She said: “I was actually pregnant with Mia when it was time to go, and I saw it as a sign like, ‘Come on.’ I would’ve had to leave anyway. I never would’ve left on my own back.”
EastEnders airs Monday-Thursday on BBC One at 7.30pm
