Hollyoaks’ Nicole Barber Lane slammed over ‘insensitive’ April Fool’s joke about being pregnant with triplets – The Sun
FORMER Hollyoaks actress Nicole Barber Lane has come under fire from fans for posting an “insensitive” April Fool’s joke, in which she claimed to be pregnant with triplets.
The 49-year-old, who is best known for playing Myra McQueen on the soap, took to Instagram today pretending to have some news for her followers before posting a video of herself with a fake bump.
Acting very excited, she said: “Hi, so I would like to share with you some news that has been confirmed today. I am expecting triplets.”
She later confirmed it was a joke by posting a picture of herself mocked up beside Beyonce and wrote: “April 1st today. My tummy is bloated with these three – cake, bread and booze.”
But many of her fans were not impressed with the joke and expressed their upset on her page.
One person wrote: “This is a disgusting joke! No1 should joke about pregnancy on April fools! (sic)”
Another added: “As someone has has been through three rounds of IVF I don’t think your April fool is funny at all. I’m sure you’re grown up enough to know that without leaving yourself wide open to abuse by posting such rubbish!!!!!”
While someone else told her: “Not a good idea to joke about pregnancy, there’s people out there who can NOT have children!”
Others actually thought she was being serious and rushed to congratulate her.
Nicole is in a long-term relationship with builder Deano Watson.
She was previously married to fellow actor Liam Fox, with whom she shares children Gemma and Ben.
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