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25th September 2016
11:03am BST

"We are deeply shocked by the entirely unacceptable, racially offensive comments made on Twitter by Marc Anwar. "We have talked to Marc and, as a consequence of his comments, he will not be returning to Coronation Street with immediate effect".Anwar's character, Sharif Nazar, is in the middle of a storyline at the moment and scriptwriters are working to write him out of the show. A Corrie insider told the publication:
“Sharif’s storyline is at a particularly pivotal moment right now. He’s a few months ahead but it’s still going to be a headache for bosses to write him out now he’s gone for good. That said, the show does not tolerate racism, whatever the context".
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