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"EastEnders star David Witts has revealed that his girlfriend is not fond of the female attention he gets outside the soap. The actor - who plays Joey Branning in the BBC soap - said that although his partner doesn&amp;#039;t mind him kissing co-stars on-screen, she struggles with how girls throw themselves at him off it.  &amp;quot;She has got used to the on-screen kissing. She understands it is a job. But the attention outside the show is different,&amp;quot; he told The Sun. &amp;quot;You have to accept that with this job, some kind of hype does come with it. As long as you don&amp;#039;t believe the hype and carry on as normal then you are fine.&amp;quot; Witts went on to explain that he found it uncomfortable to be named &amp;#039;Sexiest Male&amp;#039; at the Inside Soap Awards last year.  &amp;quot;If it was &amp;#039;nicest-looking male&amp;#039; then that is flattering. But sexy? I don&amp;#039;t even use that word. I steer away from that.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;I try to work out five times a week. It&amp;#039;s not as much as everyone might think! The fitness and keeping in shape is a by-product of a hobby I have, which is training.&amp;quot; However, he has put a ban on doing any more shirtless scenes on the soap in an attempt to be taken seriously as an actor.  [Witts kissing co-star Hetti Bywater (Lucy Beale)] &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t do it anymore. Unless it is important there is no point because all it does is make you a pin-up rather than an actor,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;There is a misconception that I used to model underwear - I didn&amp;#039;t! I&amp;#039;ve never worked as a model, but I was like, &amp;#039;I might as well have physique shots&amp;#039;. You never know when a casting will come up for a guy with a muscular body.&amp;quot; Witts recently said that his character has changed since his breakdown at father Derek&amp;#039;s funeral earlier this year. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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