Coronation Street beauty Sair Khan has caught up in a soap ‘war’ as her co-stars erupt of bosses showing her favouritism for allowing her to take on lucrative brand deals
Coronation Street beauty Sair Khan has been caught up in a ‘favourtism’ row as some of her co-stars are not happy with her being able to take on other opportunities.
Tensions have been brewing on the ITV soap after cast members have been left fuming over the likes of Sair, 37, and Samia Longchambon, 42, being allowed to take lucrative brand deals, whilst other actors are banned.
In a response to this, Sair has taken to Instagram again this week with another ad, rubbing salt in the wounds of her colleagues.
Sair wrote on her Instagram Story: “Lets give these a go! @purebornfamily. @mumandme_app #gifted.” This wasn’t the only time she had promoted a business online as she was also allowed to plug a £2,500 Italian oven from Bertazzoni.
Her co-star Samia has also appeared in a reel recently for Marks & Spencer alongside her Dancing on Ice husband Sylvain Longchambon.
ITV’s rules typically ban commercial work for soap talent, without pre-approval from head executives. Hence why the two actresses’ ad deals have wound their co-stars up the wrong way.
One soap actress told The Sun: “It’s one rule for the polished PR favourites, and another for the rest of us. If you’re not part of the golden circle, forget it.
“They wouldn’t let most of us even do a teeth-whitening collaboration, meanwhile Samia’s out there posing with pastries. It’s a total p*** take.
“We’ve been told time and time again: no ads, no endorsements — not so much as a candle on Instagram. But then Samia pops up in a full-blown promo for M&S and everyone’s just supposed to pretend it’s normal?
“People are keeping quiet as they don’t want to rock the boat or get the boot but there’s a lot of anger. Why are some allowed to cash in while the rest of us struggle?”
Both soap sirens have been starring on the ITV show for a lengthily stint, with Samia playing Maria Connor on and off since 2000 whilst Sair has played Alya Nazir since 2014.
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