Watch: Catherine Tyldesley responds after online abuse following ‘cake gate’

Catherine Tyldesley has responded after a management company was accused of requesting free cakes for her birthday party.

NVRLND, hired to plan the party for the previously unnamed actor, allegedly requested free cakes from Three Little Birds bakery in Keighley, West Yorkshire, in exchange for promotion on social media and in magazines.

The Daily Mail revealed the celebrity to be the former Coronation Street star.

Ms Tyldesley said: “I had no idea those emails were being sent. I would never ask anyone to work for free.

"The abuse I have been receiving online is horrendous so hopefully this will put an end to it.”