Hollyoaks' Chelsee Healey says daughter, 5, has been targeted with sick racist abuse

Hollyoaks star Chelsee Healey says her daughter, 5, has been targeted with sick racist abuse.

The actress, 33, who plays Goldie McQueen in the Channel 4 soap, revealed that Coco has been subjected to the taunts since she was a baby.

Admitting she was heartbroken reading the cruel comments, Chelsee said: "My daughter gets sent racist abuse through ­social media.

“I’ve been sent a lot of messages about Coco. When it’s about an innocent child it’s not nice. It’s heartbreaking. But I try not to reply back. I don’t entertain it," she told the Daily Sta r.

The mum-of-one, who shares Coco with her ex Jack Malloy, explained that she has also been trolled online.

Recalling the backlash she received while on Strictly Come Dancing, she said: “When I was on Strictly, I got a lot of hate. It’s such a big show – that was the first time a lot of people had seen me. I got called ‘hippo’ and things like that.

“I’m quite thick-skinned. But when they send stuff about your child it’s a completely different ballgame."

Chelsee Healey says she can't read the heartbreaking comments about her daughter (Instagram)

The actress she's also been trolled (David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)

The abuse online is so bad that Chelsee has stopped reading reviews about any TV shows she's in, because she always finds "nasty stuff"

However she did say she gets nice tweets and praised Hollyoaks' liaison officer, who she said she can speak to whenever she needs to as well as the rest of the cast.

The actress has had a tough time of late after the tragic death of her ex-boyfriend Jake McLean.

She said the abuse her daughter suffers has been going on since she was a baby (Instagram/ChelseeHealey)

Chelsee praised the support she gets from the Hollyoaks team (@chelseehealey/Instagram)

The TOWIE star sadly lost his life after 'losing control' of a vehicle he was in with Yazmin Oukhellou in Turkey.

Chelsee dated Jake in 2020, but remained friends after they struggled to make their long-distance relationship work.

A source told the Sun: “The news has understandably left Chelsee completely shaken.

“She knew Jake for a long time before they started seeing each other and things only ended because they lived too far apart.

She says was subjected to cruel taunts while on Strictly (BBC)

“It’s obviously tragic news and Chelsee sends her condolences to all his family and friends."

Best known for her recurring role in BBC drama Waterloo Road and stint in Hollyoaks, Chelsee has also appeared in Doctors, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.

The star was runner up in series nine of Strictly Come Dancing and was the first contestant to score a perfect 40 out of 40.