Kym Marsh blasts 'silly' Maisie Smith

Kym Marsh doesn\'t think Maisie Smith will "get away with it lightly" after she was spotted smoking a rolled-up cigarette while driving.

The former \'Coronation Street\' star says the \'EastEnders\' actress - who plays Tiffany Butcher in the BBC One soap - has done a "really silly thing", after the 19-year-old star was pictured smoking a "strong smelling" cigarette earlier this month while behind the wheel.

Kym said: "This was a really silly thing to do. We all make mistakes and do things wrong, and hopefully this is something Maisie will learn from as she\'s only 19."

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The ex-cobbles star - who played Michelle Connor from 2006 to 2019 - insisted soap stars have to "set an example" to others when they are in a serial drama.

Writing in her OK! magazine column, Kym added: "When you\'re in a soap, you have to remember that you have an influence on others - especially younger people - and you have to set an example.

"You are an ambassador for your show, so you have to make sure you uphold its values. I can\'t imagine she will get away with it lightly."

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The 44-year-old star\'s comments come just a week after she insisted it "wouldn\'t make sense" for \'Coronation Street\' stars to dress up to go to work - after Sherrie Hewson claimed the current cast don\'t make the same effort on set as her own generation.

Kym said: "Nowadays, a lot of the actors turn up in comfy clothes.

"I agree. Things have changed, but I think the stars of the soaps have changed with the times.

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"We are often expected on set at 7am and have to go through hair, make-up and wardrobe.

"It wouldn\'t make sense for us to be glammed up because we\'d have to get that all stripped off."

Sherrie - who played Maureen Webster on the ITV soap from 1993 to 1997 - had said the actors used to have a "tradition of glamour" when it came to dressing up for work, and she suggested there are different standards held today.