Emmerdale star Michelle Hardwick has increased the security surrounding her home, which comes after previously receiving homophobic death threats.
The actress, who plays Vanessa Woodfield in the ITV soap, is married to Kate Brooks, a producer on the show.
Married since 2019, the couple have a son called Teddy and recently announced they would soon welcome a baby girl into the world.
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Michelle has spoken about the horrific trolling her and Kate have received in the past just because they are a gay couple, telling OK! Magazine at the time: ‘There have been certain times when police have had to be called because there have been death threats.
‘And 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”.’
Over on her Instagram stories, Michelle recently revealed she had increased the protection surrounding her home, thanking the company for their services.
She wrote: ‘Just wanted to say what fantastic service we have had from the very first phone call to the end result. Anyone local to the Leeds/Wakefield area who needs any security solutions then look no further than @msc.security.solutions.
‘This was a fully paid for job, not a paid ad. I just wanted to post because they were fabulous.’
Michelle returned to her role as Vanessa in Emmerdale at the end of last year.
Life for Vanessa, as expected, has been anything but smooth sailing.
She recently began a relationship with newcomer Suzy Merton (Martelle Edinborough), only to discover she was attempting to get clean from her drug addiction, and used to supply Leyla Harding (Roxy Shahidi) with cocaine away from the village.
As we said, never quiet for Vanessa!
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