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03.08.2023 - 12:31 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Former Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley has been slammed by an ITV co-star after she denied claims she asked a bakery to supply her with some free cakes.
As we reported yesterday, the Eva Price actress was accused of requesting 100 cakes 'for free' in exchange for social media exposure. Now her ex colleague Nicola Thorp (who plays Nicola Rubinstein) has hit out at the furore and said Catherine had a "moral duty" to make sure all those involved were paid.
Nicola, who worked alongside Catherine during their time on the Cobbles, largely defended her former co-worker. She then added that Catherine's subsequent video addressing the scandal in which she said she hopes "the cake lady got the exposure she was craving" was "not well-advised".
On TalkTV, Nicola said: "I feel sorry first and foremost for the cake woman. She’s brilliant. What she said is so clever. She was like, ‘I can’t pay my staff with heart emojis on Instagram’. She’s absolutely right. She runs a business. Why on earth should it be expected? Because this PR company are making money somehow. So they are getting money, they are just choosing not to pass it on to her.
“But it’s also not Cath’s fault, because she wasn’t aware of it and I believe that because this is just the way these PR companies work. I agree, that video was not well-advised at all. She shouldn’t have been shooting down another woman. I believe strongly in this. It’s a woman’s business… It happens all the time and I don’t think that’s a good thing and I’m sick of it."
"Because what Cath went on to say in that video, was you know, ‘I use this company all the time and they have provided performers for me’ etc, etc. Well, it’s your duty as the person who is having the party done for you, to
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Ulrika Jonsson has waded into Catherine Tyldesley's 'cakegate' - describing the request of free products as ‘cheeky and cocky’.
Catherine Tyldesley hit headlines recently after she slammed a baker who shared their response to a party planner, understood to be working for the actress, who asked for free cakes in exchange for social media exposure.
Catherine Tyldesley made an interesting claim just hours before 'cakegate' broke out as another ITV star waded into the row. The former Coronation Street star was accused of being involved in asking a baker to make 100 cakes for her upcoming birthday in exchange for 'social media exposure'.
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It’s the bizarre birthday cake row that’s gripping Britain.
Catherine Tyldesley has spoken out after claims she had asked a baker to make 100 cakes for her birthday in exchange for 'social media exposure'. A bakery owner has revealed that it declined a PR company's request on behalf of an unidentified 'well-known' celebrity asking for a cake for a 40th birthday party in September.
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