Aimee Walker
Hollyoaks star Sarah Jayne Dunn has reportedly been ‘sacked from her £120,000 a year role’ over her OnlyFans account.
The 40-year-old, who played Mandy Richardson in the Channel 4 soap, is believed to have had a ‘disagreement’ with bosses over joining the subscription platform.
Apparently, they believe it is ‘inappropriate’ for Dunn to have a membership on the site, as the show is watched by a young audience.
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A TV insider told The Sun: “Nobody at the show wishes to condemn people’s personal decisions about OnlyFans or online content – and of course women are totally free to make their own choices about the sort of photographs they wish to take of themselves – but this was about whether it is something that tallies with the show’s audience.
“In the end, they have parted ways over it.”
A representative for Hollyoaks has also come forward and explained that the lives of the cast are followed ‘closely’ outside of the soap.
They stated: “Hollyoaks is a youth-facing drama with many young viewers, who follow our cast very closely, both in the soap and outside of it.
“We take our responsibility to our young audience very seriously and therefore the show does not allow any Hollyoaks cast members to be active on certain 18+ websites.
“We had hoped we could reach a resolution with Sarah that would allow her to remain in her role as Mandy, but we respect her choice to continue to produce content on OnlyFans.
“In the past four years since her return to the show her legacy character has been an integral part of some our most important storylines and we will be very sad to see her go.”
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