Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley speaks out after 'cakegate' accusations before milestone birthday
02.08.2023 - 09:13
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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.
The initial report by the Daily Mail also claims Three Little Birds Bakery owner Rebecca Severs, from Keighley, was also requested by the PR company, NVRLND, to make 100 cupcakes and an extra smaller birthday cake for the celeb's husband.
While the bakery didn't name the celebrity, reports named Catherine, who is probably best known for having playing Eva Price in ITV's Corrie, as the celebrity in question - which she has since denied. Sharing a video to Instagram on Wednesday morning (August 2), the actress was seen speaking directly to the camera.
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Sat in her car with a large pair of glasses covering her eyes, she laughed and said: "Cake gate! WHAT!" She went on: "So I had no idea those emails were being sent. I'm not working with the lovely OK magazine on anything that I'm aware of and NVRLND are an amazing company.
"They've supplied me with performers in the past;. They're insane and they've been completely misrepresented in this matter." Cath, who turns 40 on September 17, went on: "Utterly bizarre. I don't really know what to say. I mean I hope the cake lady got the exposure she was craving."
She captioned the clip: "CAKE GATE - The Truth," before addressing each matter raised as she did so in her video. The former soap star rounded off her message by writing: "I genuinely do hope the bakery have got