Kate Ford and Melanie Hill have fired back at former \'Coronation Street\' writer Daran Little after he revealed he spent train journeys plotting what characters to kill off.
The 53-year-old writer - who penned a number of episodes of the ITV soap until 2010 and now works on BBC One\'s \'EastEnders\' - came under fire from some of the soap\'s stars for his "flippant" comments.
He tweeted: "Things soap writers do on boring train journeys ... No.1 make a list of all the people you\'ve killed off. No.2 make a list of all the people you want to kill off. No.3 make a list of all the people you wished you had killed off ... Chatted to an actor once, said I\'d forgotten how he\'d left a particular show. His grim reply: \'You killed me off\'. Oh yes ... (sic)"
And Melanie - who plays Cathy Matthews - was quick to reply to Daran\'s comments.
In a now deleted tweet, she wrote: "As an actor in a soap, I am quite shocked by this flippant / arrogant and quite frankly upsetting comment. Who the actual f*** made you God? We are all trying to do our jobs day after day. Granted, yes our lives are in your hands. But do you have to be so f***ing mean-spirited? (sic)"
Whilst Kate - who plays Tracy Barlow - added in her own message: "Why are you tweeting this stuff Darren??? This is people\'s careers. (sic)"
Vicky Entwistle - who plays Janice Battersby - warned: "Be careful!!! Karma is her own mistress!!! Keep looking over your shoulder!! (sic)"
Daran later took to social media to clarify his comments.
He wrote: "The actor in question had asked to leave. Sorry for offending anyone. Guess I shouldn\'t tweet when jet lagged and on meds. (sic)"
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