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The Chase's Ann Hegerty says ITV threatened to SACK her after she called Twitter troll a 'c**t'

Anne Hegerty has revealed that ITV threatened to sack her over a tweet she wrote, demanding that she take it down.

The Chase star, who made her way into the nation's hearts after appearing on I'm A Celebrity last year, opened up about "getting into trouble" on Twitter .

Appearing on Lorraine, she opened up about a comment she made to a troll which got her into hot water with ITV execs.

"I have been known to get into trouble for that. I mean I tweeted a tweet last month - it got 25,000 likes before ITV ordered me to take it down and threatened me with suspension!

Anne Hegerty has revealed that ITV threatened to sack her over a tweet (ITV)
She said that ITV demanded that she take it down (ITV)

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"I was like, 'Ok, fine!' So I took it down."

She added that sometimes you "don't always know what's appropriate or what people will find appropriate".

Anne added: "One is not trying to upset the source of one's bread and butter."

The Mirror Online has reached out to ITV for comment.

Anne and Emily Atack appeared on I'm A Celebrity together (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
The tweet has since been deleted (Twitter)

This comes after Anne deleted a tweet in March hitting back at a troll attacking I'm A Celeb co-star Emily Atack.

Actress Emily revealed on Twitter that she would be playing Debbie Harry in the new season of Urban Myths.

The troll commented in a retweet: "Sorry, you're just not pretty enough."

Anne responded: "What a sad c**t you are, Steve."

*Lorraine airs weekdays at 8.30am on ITV

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