ITV Emmerdale's Mark Charnock issues plea to fans over 'exhausting' problem as Gemma Atkinson and Danny Miller respond
07.03.2023 - 16:41
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Emmerdale star Mark Charnock has issued a plea to fans as he battles what he describes as an 'exhausting' problem. The actor is best known to viewers for playing Marlon Dingle in the ITV soap and as one of the most recognisable faces on TV, he's facing what appears to be a reoccurring problem on social media.
Taking to Instagram, the soap star posted a picture of what appeared to be an Instagram account with his name and photo. The description of the profile, which was private, read: "Some kind of lanky idiot," and had nearly 2,000 followers.
The post also featured a message that had been sent to a follower of the account which started by saying: "Hello my beautiful fan. Thanks for the love and support," before the gushing message of thanks continued.
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Sharing the screenshot with his own 51,000 followers, Mark wrote: "Sigh…this is someone pretending to be me. It’s exhausting. Why do people do this? It’s SO weird. Please report and unfollow. Thank you."
Former Emmerdale co-star Danny Miller, who played Aaron Dingle, tried to make Mark laugh as he cheekily commented: "So this wasn’t you?" to which Mark, 54, replied: "Don’t make me come over there!!!" alongside a string of crying laughing emojis.
Meanwhile, Gemma Atkinson, who starred opposite Mark in Emmerdale as Carly Hope as well as appeared in Hollyoaks, recalled a joint encounter the pair both had online. She wrote: "I wonder if it’s the same person who was going to 'kick us both in the back'. Crikey some ppl have a lot of free time don’t they?!" And Mark laughed as he replied: "pahahaaaa! I miss that guy! I hope he’s well."
And fans were also quick to