Nicola Thorp has offered her view on the ‘Cake Gate’ row involving her former Coronation Street co-star Catherine Tyldesley, branding the actress’ response to the matter ‘not well-advised’.

Catherine, who played Eva Price on the ITV soap, is at the centre of the much-discussed scandal after an email was sent to a bakery owner asking for a number of cakes for the soap star’s 40th birthday in exchange for ‘social media exposure’.

Rebecca Severs, who owns Three Little Birds Bakery in Keighley, West Yorkshire, declined the ‘opportunity’, in an e-mail clapback, writing that her staff ‘can’t feed their kids with exposure on Instagram’.

Catherine, who was later named as the celebrity in question, took to social media herself, branding the whole matter ‘utterly bizarre’, writing that the event organisers have ‘been completely misrepresented in this’.

Nicola Thorp, who starred opposite Catherine in Corrie, discussed the situation during an appearance on The Talk on Wednesday (August 2), revealing that she ‘feels sorry’ for the baker as nobody should be expected to work without receiving payment.

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The Metro.co.uk columnist was quick to add that while this wasn’t Catherine’s fault’, she does think that the Eva Price star’s response to the matter was ‘not well-advised’.

‘It’s also not Cath’s fault,’ said Nicola. ‘Because she wasn’t aware of it and I believe that – because this is just how PR companies work. 

‘I agree, that video was not well-advised at all. She shouldn’t have been shooting down another woman. I believe strongly in this. 

‘It’s a woman’s business… It happens all the time and I don’t think that’s a good thing and I’m sick of it.’

Nicola, who played Nicola Rubinstein in the ITV soap, added that Catherine had a ‘duty’ to ensure anyone assisting with her party was being paid.

‘What Cath went on to say in that video, was you know, “I use this company all the time and they have provided performers for me” etc, etc. 

Well, it’s your duty as the person who is having the party done for you, to know that everybody who turns up is being paid.’

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