Emmerdale star Asan N’Jie has been sacked from the soap after fighting with Jamie Lomas at the TV Choice Awards.
The actors got into a brawl at the afterparty, at the at the Hilton Park Lane in Mayfair, London which was caught on camera, with Malique Thompson-Dwyer having to intervene.
At one point, Asan, who played Ellis Chapman in the ITV show, appeared to make threats to ‘knife’ Jamie – who is set to return to Hollyoaks as Warren Fox later this year.
The Mirror released the explosive footage, which led to ITV launching an investigation.
But now ITV has confirmed that as a result of the altercation, Asan has been axed from the show.
A spokesperson for ITV told the Metro: “Emmerdale suspended Asan N’Jie yesterday pending further investigation into an incident at a central London hotel on Monday night.
"ITV executives have met with him this morning and as a consequence Asan’s contract has been terminated with immediate effect."
Asan said in a statement: "My behaviour at the TV Choice Awards was completely unacceptable and very much out of character.
"I sincerely apologise to everybody who has been affected especially Jamie Lomas, the whole Emmerdale team, our audience, ITV, my family, and the organisers of the TV Choice Awards.
"I am devastated, accept full responsibility for my actions and I am determined to learn from this."
N'jie was nominated as best newcomer at the awards for a storyline in which his character Ellis Chapman was stabbed, but lost out to EastEnders star Kara-Leah Fernandes.
