Emmerdale’s Michelle Hardwick has revealed she had to ring police after receiving death threats.
The long-standing ITV cast member, alongside her wife, Kate Brooks, and their son Teddy, recently bore the brunt of online trolling and it hasn’t been the first time either. Michelle, who came out in 2013 and has been abused over her sexuality since, believes the root cause of the threats stem from homophobia and claims she has had to get the authorities involved on several occasions.
Speaking to OK! The 46-year-old actress said: “We’ve had a bit of trolling over the last few years. There have been certain times when police have had to be called because there have been death threats. When they’re mentioning your son’s name and you’re just going ‘Really? I’m just in a soap you know – we’re not doing any harm to anybody'. The root of it all is always because I’m gay, I’m a gay woman. And it’s like, ‘Lesbians shouldn’t be on this Earth, just burn in hell and die.’”
