Hollyoaks actress Stephanie Waring has been left devastated after finding out she was being axed from the soap.
After spending 28 years on the show as Cindy Cunningham, the star found out she was going to be in the cull of 20 cast members who were being removed from the programme. Despite all of her years on the show – she stlil couldn’t be saved.
Stephanie spoke to The Sun about her departure and said that she expected “more loyalty” after almost three decades. She has now been left worrying about the financial implications.
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She told the publication: “We’re just normal people who happen to be on the telly, we still have all pressures of paying the bills – so I won’t be taking time out.”
Stephanie initially didn’t think she would have an issue after recently signing a year-long contract and being an original cast member – but was dealt with a huge blow during a staff meeting. She added: “In the meeting they read from a script and a tear fell from my eye because I could just feel it in the room.
“They got to the end and said ‘And with that, we will be losing Cindy from the show’. I just kept saying ‘I don’t understand’. I was very distraught, I didn’t take it well – I was probably the most dramatic person they told.
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“I was clutching at anything – telling them ‘but I was the first person to give birth on the show!’ I could see the distress I was causing them because they were upset that I was so upset.”
The TV star was so upset that she couldn’t help but break down in front of her co-stars and fell into their arms in despair. She couldn’t stop feeling blue all day and also was upset in the evening with her fiancé Tom Brookes.
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The actress took a little time off before heading back to work as she didn’t want to be crying on set. She added: “When I went back I was able to do my job and that’s what I’ve been doing every day since.”
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