Kate Ford and Melanie Hill have fired back at former 'Coronation Street' writer Daran Little after he revealed he spent train journeys plotting what characters to kill off.
Melanie Hill as Cathy Matthews
The 53-year-old writer - who penned a number of episodes of the ITV soap until 2010 and now works on BBC One's 'EastEnders' - came under fire from some of the soap's stars for his "flippant" comments.
He tweeted: "Things soap writers do on boring train journeys ... No.1 make a list of all the people you've killed off. No.2 make a list of all the people you want to kill off. No.3 make a list of all the people you wished you had killed off ... Chatted to an actor once, said I'd forgotten how he'd left a particular show. His grim reply: 'You killed me off'. Oh yes ... (sic)"
And Melanie - who plays Cathy Matthews - was quick to reply to Daran's comments.
In a now deleted tweet, she wrote: "As an actor in a soap, I am quite shocked by this flippant / arrogant and quite frankly upsetting comment. Who the actual f*** made you God? We are all trying to do our jobs day after day. Granted, yes our lives are in your hands. But do you have to be so f***ing mean-spirited? (sic)"
Whilst Kate - who plays Tracy Barlow - added in her own message: "Why are you tweeting this stuff Darren??? This is people's careers. (sic)"
Vicky Entwistle - who plays Janice Battersby - warned: "Be careful!!! Karma is her own mistress!!! Keep looking over your shoulder!! (sic)"
Daran later took to social media to clarify his comments.
He wrote: "The actor in question had asked to leave. Sorry for offending anyone. Guess I shouldn't tweet when jet lagged and on meds. (sic)"
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