Michelle Hardwick once had to call the police over horrific trolling.
Michelle Hardwick
The 'Emmerdale' star - who is married to Kate Brooks - has recalled how she was sent nasty messages by some "not-very-nice people" online and she had to get the cops involved.
Speaking about her experience with trolls, she explained: "It's the good and the bad, because there's some not-very-nice people on social media, as we all know. But that's just part of it. People could say, 'Well, come off social media'. But then I think: 'Well, there's only one or two people who are like that, and then there's quite a lot of others who are very, very lovely'. So why should I? I tell myself that I think they're bored, they're not that malicious. I always think to myself, it could be your bank manager, it could be the person who works at your local florist. It's probably not, but it could be. That is the thing, nobody knows. A couple of years ago it was that bad that the police had to be involved."
Michelle was told to die in the horrible messages but she praised the police for being "fantastic".
Speaking at online festival Silver Pride, she added: "They just wanted me to die and things like that. They didn't mention because I was gay or anything like that. But the police were fantastic."
Michelle previously revealed she quit social media after receiving homophobic abuse online.
She explained: "We had a little social media break because we had a terrible, terrible comment on one of his pictures, telling me and Kate we’d burn in hell and it’s absolutely disgusting, it’s wrong. You’re just like, 'Oh really? In 2021?' You know, do what you want, say what you want about me and Kate or say what you want under a picture, but do not put it under a picture of our son. I never, ever respond or re-tweet or whatever, but I did with that one. I put it out there onto Twitter and the response was fantastic."