Coronation Street star Kym Marsh has slammed online trolls who set up a fake Facebook account pretending to be her six-year-old daughter, Polly.
The star was sent a screenshot showing the account by a fan on Twitter with the caption: “Can everyone please report this account please.”
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Kym, 40, was clearly disgusted by the fake account as she replied: “This is vile once again.”
Kym, who plays Michelle Connor in the ITV soap, recently opened up about having her identity stolen by an online scammer.
The actress appeared on Loose Women and revealed that a man was lured into believing he was dating her on an online dating site.
She told viewers: “I knew there were fake profiles of me on social media and it sounds like a strange thing to say, but you kind of expect it because of the job that I do.
“And I had been aware of all that but on this particular day I came home to a bunch of flowers on my doorstep.”
The mum-of-four added: “We went to the police and the police found out who it was, they contacted the guy and he thought he’d been having a relationship with me for the past 10 years.”
In another incident Kym was impersonated online once again back in 2015 by vile trolls who made up her niece had died from cancer.
On the Facebook page they wrote: “Writing a song about my special niece Kim who sadly passed away of cancer a few days ago 🙁 x #emotional #family #love #kim #minime – feeling emotional.”
Writing in her OK! column at the time, Kim said: “Some sicko set up a fake Facebook profile in my name and wrote that I was writing a song for my niece Kim who had died from cancer a few days before – I’m furious.”
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Meanwhile the star recently opened up about losing her son Archie just 23 weeks into her pregnancy in 2009.
Speaking in her OK! Magazine column, the soap star said: “David and I spent the last couple of days of our holiday to South Africa in Cape Town, and it was here that we spent Archie’s birthday – he would’ve been eight years old.”
Kym admitted this year it “really hit me” as she added: “I think it was probably because I was away from home, but being with David made it easier – he’s always there if I’m feeling low and he’s incredibly supportive.”
She added: “We celebrate his birthday every year and let off balloons.”