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The Bill's Vickie Gates has been axed from the show - and her character Marilyn Chambers will be killed off next year, according to a report in The People today.
The former Brookside actress was told the news by producer Claire Philips, shortly after returning from holiday.
"I'm so upset," Vickie told the newspaper. "I don't want to leave."
She added, "Claire called me in and was asking me how my holiday had gone. I just said, 'Oh Claire, don't tell me you're going to give me the sack?'
"She said that unfortunately, come January, there won't be any Marilyn. I felt like a huge rug had been pulled from under my feet. I cried for hours and the first thing Claire did was reach for the tissue box."
Gates continued, "I feel like I've just settled in but I know it's not personal. They have to go with ideas that will be ratings winners and I am thrilled to get such a great storyline."
The newspaper claims that Marilyn's affair with Reg Hollis will heat up before her dramatic exit next year.
The Bill's Vickie Gates has been axed from the show - and her character Marilyn Chambers will be killed off next year, according to a report in The People today.
The former Brookside actress was told the news by producer Claire Philips, shortly after returning from holiday.
"I'm so upset," Vickie told the newspaper. "I don't want to leave."
She added, "Claire called me in and was asking me how my holiday had gone. I just said, 'Oh Claire, don't tell me you're going to give me the sack?'
"She said that unfortunately, come January, there won't be any Marilyn. I felt like a huge rug had been pulled from under my feet. I cried for hours and the first thing Claire did was reach for the tissue box."
Gates continued, "I feel like I've just settled in but I know it's not personal. They have to go with ideas that will be ratings winners and I am thrilled to get such a great storyline."
The newspaper claims that Marilyn's affair with Reg Hollis will heat up before her dramatic exit next year.
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