In February 2010, George claimed that the decision for him to leave was not his, and said that the show's bosses had "believed" a tabloid newspaper's claims made in relation to his arrest, which later proved to be false. He said, "They said I'd be leaving by mutual agreement but, of course, it wasn't really like that. Instead of supporting me, they believed the bad press I'd got after all that bother with [my partner]. They just sold me down the river. It's been nearly two years since I left and I haven’t had one single acting job since. But I'm not going to give up." Discussing his character's exit storyline from the soap, George commented at the time: "Gus is wishing he'd never put himself in the position of sharing a flat with this madman (Sean Slater). At this point, he's beside himself. Sean's crazy and looking for a target, and there's only one way this situation can end—Gus is convinced that Sean's going to do him in. [...] He goes so far as to barricade himself inside the flat—I think he loses it a bit, to be honest. Gus hasn't really got any friends left in the Square, and all he wants is for somebody to rescue him and take him away from this awful situation." The reappearance of the character's former girlfriend Keisha proves conflicting for Gus, on which George said, "I think Gus is the type of guy who desperately wants to settle down with the girl of his dreams. It's very hard for him when he sees Keisha, because she hurt him so badly with Sean, and that pain hasn't gone away. But Gus is a very forgiving person, so who knows what will happen..." References External links EastEnders characters Fictional Black British people Television characters introduced in 2002 Male characters in television