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Katie McGlynn says she received death threats over anti-vax Hollyoaks character

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Katie McGlynn has confessed that she received death threats over her character’s racist and controversial comments throughout her time on Hollyoaks.

The 28-year-old – who joined the Channel 4 soap last summer as Becky Quentin – was hit with a wave of abuse after her character started to voice her prejudicial opinions throughout the village.

During her time on the long-standing show, it was later revealed that her character Becky was an anti-vaxxer after the outbreak of the pandemic and displayed sinophobic tendencies.Since she left the soap, the actress has revealed that trolls sent her hateful messages online asking her to "go die" and "watch out" as the show shed light on Becky’s extreme views.In a recent interview with The Sun, the explained that she knew her character would be widely hated on TV but didn’t expect the level of hateful messages online.She told the publication: "I’ve played bitchy characters before but I've never played anyone as controversial or extreme as Becky.

I knew from the start that she was going to generate a lot of hate."Luckily the actress described herself as "pretty thick-skinned" and managed to take the vile messages with a heavy pinch of salt."There was one saying, ‘I have Becky so much.

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