Hollyoaks has confirmed Sarah Jayne Dunn's exit from the soap over their dispute about adult website OnlyFans.
Sarah Jayne recently announced she would be joining social media platform OnlyFans in October to take back agency and regain ownership of her public platform after posing for lads' mags earlier in her career.
At the time, Hollyoaks bosses said they would be meeting with the Mandy Richardson actress about her involvement with OnlyFans, but have now said she will exit because no resolution was reached.
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Digital Spy has reached out to Sarah Jayne Dunn's representatives for comment on this decision.
A Hollyoaks statement read: "Hollyoaks is a youth-facing drama with many young viewers, who follow our cast very closely, both in the soap and outside of it.
"We take our responsibility to our young audience very seriously and therefore the show does not allow any Hollyoaks cast members to be active on certain 18+ websites.
"We had hoped we could reach a resolution with Sarah that would allow her to remain in her role as Mandy, but we respect her choice to continue to produce content on OnlyFans.
"In the past four years since her return to the show, her legacy character has been an integral part of some our most important storylines and we will be very sad to see her go."
When Sarah Jayne shared that she would be posting content on OnlyFans, she explained her decision was all about "empowerment and confidence and having full power".
"The older I get the more cathartic it is to take back control, to put healthy boundaries in place and to know my worth and my value," she wrote.
"That's what this is about, being in control, choosing empowerment. I feel sexy and strong and confident when I shoot images like this, I hope I give other women the confidence to own it."
Sarah Jayne Dunn originally debuted as Mandy in Hollyoaks in 1996, and has had multiple stints over the decades – most recently returning in 2017.
The character's current storyline has seen her at odds with daughter Ella over the lengths she went to to keep her daughter out of prison for accidentally killing drug dealer Jordan Price. There is no word yet on how Mandy will be written out.
Hollyoaks airs new episodes from Mondays to Fridays at 6.30pm on Channel 4, with first-look screenings at 7pm on E4. Selected omnibus episodes are available via Amazon Prime Video.
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