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Hollyoaks star sacked from show after refusing to quit OnlyFans
‘It’s about taking back control, about empowerment and confidence and having full power over my choices’
One of the biggest stars from the daytime soap Hollyoaks has reportedly been sacked after she refused to quit OnlyFans.
Sarah Jayne Dunn, 40, has played the role of Mandy Richardson on-and-off since 1996, but has now permanently left the soap as a result of her explicit OnlyFans account, bosses have confirmed this week.
According to them, they asked the actress to leave weeks after she started posting sexually explicit content on the platform, where she charges £11 per month for access to her photos.
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According to reports, the show’s producers were unable to ‘reach a resolution’, with Dunn saying: “I’m simply moving my sexier, racier images to another platform.
“This is a decision I’ve thought long and hard about, not one I’ve taken lightly or on a whim, it’s about taking back control, about empowerment and confidence and having full power over my choices.
“I love doing photo shoots, always have always will, it’s how I got into the acting industry, at the tender age of twelve I decided I wanted to be a model and enrolled on a modelling course, joined an agency and had my first professional shoot and I was hooked. I got my first TV audition and the rest is history.
“I’ve been lucky enough to travel to some pretty amazing places for photoshoots since being seventeen, that being said I’ve never felt in control of the content or of the finances.”
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Sarah later followed up on her Instagram Stories, where she thanked all her fans for their support, noting she has been ‘overwhelmed’ by the positive response she’s received since leaving the soap.
A Hollyoaks spokesperson has since addressed the incident, saying: “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.”