Hetti Bywater is "glad" her ‘EastEnders’ character was killed off – because she "hated her".
The 26-year-old actress played Lucy Beale from 2012 to 2015 until the character was bumped off by her brother Bobby Beale, but the star wasn’t a big fan of her alter-ego.
Hetti revealed her Lucy hatred when she hit back at an Instagram troll.
She wrote: "Seeing as you kindly comment on many of my stories I will now take the time to respond to each one.
"Firstly, this ‘posh white’ girl is aloud to talk in whatever way she pleases. As much as I’m very found of the English language, I’m free to use words as I see fit. (sic)"
But she agreed with one comment, writing: "I’m glad Bobby killed Lucy too, I hated her."
The troll later apologised to Hetti for his "slurs" against her.
He wrote: "Apologies in any slurs I used towards you.
"In hindsight I was out of order. I don’t agree on all the LGBTQ but hey. That’s individual choice. Wishing you all the best and again sorry for being a d***."
Hetti wrote: "The response is in people. Not the best but at least he took accountability for the sexist language. However, equality shouldn’t be up for debate."
The star’s character was killed off in a ‘Who Killed Lucy Beale?’ storyline – one of the soap’s biggest-ever whodunnits.
The plot captured the nation’s imagination as viewers spent months trying to work out who the culprit was, and several thousand was bet on who might be Lucy’s killer.
Hetti admitted in March she was too scared to try to get some shut eye because she feared her sleep paralysis might kick in.
She said: "I’m so scared to sleep too as I’m concerned my sleep paralysis will kick in."