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Ex-Hollyoaks star Sarah Jayne Dunn 'upset' over how Channel 4 bosses handled her OnlyFans

Sarah Jayne Dunn has shed light on her sudden exit from Hollyoaks after her contract was terminated due to her OnlyFans page.

The 40-year-old actress appeared on the Channel 4 show for over two decades as she played the role of Mandy Richardson since 1996.

However, last year, her contract with Hollyoaks came to an abrupt end over her decision to keep her OnlyFans account.

Sarah was reportedly unable to 'reach a solution' with bosses over the content on her site, and was abruptly sacked from her role of almost 25 years 'in the blink of an eye'.

The actress has now lifted the lid on the 'shocking' ordeal and how Hollyoaks bosses handled the situation.

Sarah Jayne was axed from HollyOaks because of her OnlyFans (Sarah Jayne Dunn.)
The 40-year-old actress couldn't come to an agreement with Hollyoaks bosses (INSTAGRAM)

"It’s not something I did on a whim. It’s something that I’d been planning for months and I’d had discussions, and zoom calls, and emails, and I essentially had approval, so for them to then turn around and call me in for a meeting on the Friday, and then terminate my contract on the Wednesday with immediate effect was a huge shock," the soap star told OK! Magazine.

“After 25 years on and off working there and giving my life and my all – I loved it there over the years, so it was upsetting.

"It was a shock that that was how they decided to handle it.”

Sarah, who is a proud mum-of-one insisted that she would have stayed on the programme 'forever' if her contract had not been terminated.

Sarah appeared on Hollyoaks for over 25 years (GETTY)

However, in hindsight, she now realises that it happened for a reason as she revealed that she is more financially stable now in comparison to when she was on the soap.

The actress revealed: "It was never my intention to leave the show, it wasn’t my choice to leave the show, and it wasn’t my choice to tell everybody that I’d left. It was all things that Hollyoaks took into their own hands.

“It was out of my control, but I believe that everything happens for a reason and, actually, it’s really all gone in my favour which is amazing.”

Since leaving Hollyoaks, Sarah's OnlyFans has completely taken off and her profile is now in the top 0.5% of all creators worldwide.

Sarah's OnlyFans has completely taken off (Sarah Jayne Dunn/Instagram)
The blonde bombshell said she would have stayed on the soap 'forever' (INSTAGRAM)

It comes after the mum-of-one recently opened up about how long-running series Hollyoaks 'isn't well paid '.

"There's a huge misconception that people on TV shows earn huge amounts of money, it just isn't the case," she told The Sun.

"People talk about massive six-figure salaries but the reality is that if your character isn't in a big storyline for a while you can end up struggling some months.

"I've definitely experienced that myself. There are periods I haven't known how I was going to get through the next month."

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