Shila Iqbal has apologised and said she has"paid the price" after being fired from Emmerdale over offensive tweets she wrote six years ago.
The actress, who played Aeisha Richards on the soap, was only made a series regular at the end of March.Ms Iqbal was 19 when the tweets in question were posted in 2013. In a statement, she said:"I am terribly sorry and take full responsibility for my use of such inappropriate language."I have paid the price and can no longer continue the job I loved the most at Emmerdale.
"Although I was young when I made the tweets, it was still completely wrong of me to do so and I sincerely apologise."
Stupid, there really should be a law protecting against firing for social media posts without a warning.
Seriously that happens 6 years now she getting done for it.... The past is the past 🤨
I'd sort her.
First there was religion to control and chastise the masses and now we have the detritus called social media. This too will pass.
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Boy oh boy, people excusing da use of da N word need 2 understand not every black person uses or accepts da use of dis word. These are da people it offends & deserves punishment, especially from someone who is eligible 2 vote. But are we there yet EddieHearn ?
She said Corrie was better than Emmerdale.
If it was not a Muslim woman then Skynews would not have added the 'six years ago' in the title. Good riddance to the racist trash
That's my acting career finnished before it even started...
Poor lady. Who gives a fuck
Ooh I hate ‘offensive’ tweets: those pixels on a screen that I briefly scroll past really damage me
pretty bad at acting though so id say its more about that
Sorry I tweeted an offensive tweet long time ago, shit is Twitter going to block me now!
Is it filmed in Dubai 🤷🏼♂️
And so it starts again.....
It’s called the past because we leave it behind us
Hate articles that splash ‘offensive tweets’ but then don’t say what they were!! I’m an adult, I’d like to decide whether they’re offensive!
Should have been fired for her acting skills, or lack thereof
What did she say?
How far is this thought crime shite going to go ?
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