Kym Marsh has praised Nicola Thorp for bravely speaking out about her experiences with sexual harassment.
Kym Marsh
The 'Coronation Street' actress - who plays Michelle Connor on the soap - is proud of her co-star for opening up about such an important issue, and she admitted it made her think about how long it has been an issue in the television industry.
Writing in this week's issue of OK! Magazine, she said: "It was brave of Nicola to speak out and I think, wow, I can't believe some men have got away with doing things like that for so long.
"Sadly though, there seems to be far too many women who have. It needs to be stamped out and opening up, like Nicola has done, can only be a good thing."
Her comments come after her friend - who plays Nicola Rubinstein on 'Corrie' - recently revealed she was harassed by a director working on a documentary about women's rights.
She said: "A man in the public eye approached me to do a documentary about women's rights and then, in the process, he told me how much he wanted to have sex with me.
"He then started sending me photos of dresses and shoes he thought I'd look sexy in at three in the morning.
"That really messed me up for a while. It made me think, 'well, did I encourage him? Was my worth as a potential presenter of a documentary only gauged by how much I flirted with him?' "
The soap star - who was also once locked in a work bathroom when she was 19 until she agreed to kiss her manager - has spoken out and said society needs to "definitely" do more to support women who have been harassed.
Nicola, now 30, added: "This sort of thing is happening to women all of the time. I am not unique in that.
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