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Coronation Street and Emmerdale stars 'banned from joining OnlyFans'

Sarah Jayne Dunn at the 2019 NTAs in London credit:Bang Showbiz
Sarah Jayne Dunn at the 2019 NTAs in London credit:Bang Showbiz

‘Coronation Street’ and ‘Emmerdale’ bosses are said to have banned their stars from joining adult site OnlyFans.

Last week, Sarah Jayne Dunn was axed from 'Hollyoaks' after she refused to stop posting content on the subscription service, and it's now been claimed ITV soaps 'Corrie' and 'Emmerdale' have issued a new set of rules to their stars about what is and isn't allowed in terms of promoting products.

A source told The Sun Online: “Stars like former 'Corrie' actor Helen Flanagan are inundated with opportunities to promote products on platforms including Instagram.

"And earnings can often dwarf any salary actors get paid on the soaps, meaning it can be more lucrative to leave the shows to effectively sell goods.

“This is simply a smart way to ensure they can still advertise products while remaining on the shows.

“But they spell out in black and white what’s deemed unacceptable - as previously it’s been a grey area.”

But for products soap stars do promote, they are said to have been told they cannot use their characters to help do so, nor can they use the shows' backdrops.

Several items, including gambling, alcohol, tobacco, vaping, fireworks and financial products, are said to be on a banned list of promo products. The rules are expected to be reviewed in three months.

A spokeswoman for ITV declined to comment.

Sarah recently defended her decision to post on OnlyFans, insisting her content was not "explicit".

The 40-year-old actress said: "My content isn't explicit content. There's nothing on there that I wouldn't put on my Instagram account - and was doing prior to this."