Michelle Keegan slammed "hard done by" working mum stereotypes on TV. The actress, 32, took aim at the typical portrayal of working class mums as "dark" or "gloomy" in storylines on the TV.
Instead, the former soap star championed her working mum character Erin in Brassic as a "really strong female lead" and "empowering character".
Michelle also celebrated her working mum character for being depicted as "ambitious" and the "mother hen of the group". She told PlotTwist podcast: "I knew she was going to be a really strong female and I wanted her to be an empowering character. "A lot of the time you see working class mum's portrayed in a dark way or a gloomy way and hard done by but Erin doesn't feel like that. "She's ambitious, she's the
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