Emmerdale actress Shila Iqbal has been sacked from her role in the soap after the show's bosses were made aware of offensive social media posts.
Ms Iqbal, who plays Aiesha Richards in the soap, had only recently joined as a full-time cast member, but now her swift departure from Emmerdale has been confirmed.
An Emmerdale spokeswoman told the Daily Mirror: "As a consequence of historic social media posts Shila Iqbal has left her role as Aiesha Richards on Emmerdale.
"The programme took the decision not to renew her contract as soon as these posts were brought to the company's attention."
According to Mail Online she was fired after a series of historic 'racist' tweets in which the N word may have been used.
She said: "I am terribly sorry and take full responsibility for my use of such inappropriate language. I have paid the price and can no longer continue the job I loved the most at Emmerdale.
"Although I was young when I made the Tweets, it was still completely wrong of me to do so and I sincerely apologise.
"The only consideration I would ask is that I have recently received hateful tweets telling me that as a Muslim my Emmerdale role means that I am ‘committing sinful acts, promoting sin and deliberately going against the Quran’.
"We live in sensitive times for members of all communities and especially those in multi-racial Rochdale, where I grew up.
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"I regret that I too have let people down by the use of such language, albeit six years ago. I, like everyone else have a responsibility about the language I have used on social media as well as in conversation."
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