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EastEnders' Babe Smith actress Annette Badland faced 'very upsetting' death threats
EastEnders actress Annette Badland, who used to play Babe Smith on the popular BBC One show, opened up about the death threats she used to receive in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk.The star, who has since gone on to portray the hit character Fleur Perkins in Midsomer Murders, admitted she found the ordeal “very upsetting”.Annette, 71, played Babe Smith on EastEnders for three years after being cast in December 2013.Babe was involved in some controversial storylines, including one about baby farming.The character also blackmailed Les Coker (Roger Sloman) during her time on the show and even encouraged Abit Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald) to fake a pregnancy.Annette explained how some viewers who had been watching the soap for years were unable to separate the actress from the character, revealing that she even got death threats.“With EastEnders, some people think that’s real!” she said.“It was the first part I played where people didn’t stop me in the street and say, ‘I can’t remember your name but I liked what you did last night’. “Instead, they would call out, ‘Babe! It’s Babe isn’t it?’”“And you just think, ‘Wow, they really think…’“Because you’re in their home so much, they think it’s reality and towards the end I had death threats.”She went on to suggest that the reason people sent her such horrible messages was “because people really believe” the storylines in the show. “They invest so much in the characters because they’re in their homes all the time,” Annette explained. When asked how the threat made her feel she replied: “Yeah, it was very upsetting.”However, Annette is now delighted to be in her new role as Fleur in Midsomer Murders, who she began playing back in 2019.She also expressed her fondness for
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‘Burn in hell and die’ Emmerdale's Michelle Hardwick called police over vile death threats
 "There have been certain times when police have had to be called because there have been death threats."The star added that it was unnecessary to mention her son’s name. Michelle continued: “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.'"In August 2021, the Vanessa Woodfield actress revealed a number of homophobic messages she received from a social media user who called her a “d**e” and “l***o brat”. At the time, she issued a challenge to the fan, writing alongside the abuse: “Come on, show us who you really are, I dare you!” In full view of Michelle’s 116,400 Twitter followers, Kate also chimed in on the abuser’s comments.She wrote: "Hi ‘Michael’, the original Prisoner Cell Block H called from 1985. “They’d really like their insults back.Thanks a mill."Later that day, Michelle returned to her social media to thank her fans for their supportive messages in light of the incident. She added that she doesn’t “take it to heart”. Continuing, she said: “Thank you to every single person who took the time to message me whether I know you personally or not. “I promise I'll read them all."In the same interview to OK!, she revealed the pair would love to have another baby and one day meet Teddy’s biological father to thank him. Michelle has been married once before to Rosie Nicholl. The pair had married in 2015 and divorced in 2017. 

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